#E9EC99#E9EC99

#E9EC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.105 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC99
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 153)
HSL	hsl(62, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(62, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -13.28, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 42.11, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.0359 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.105 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.3501, 79.6156, 41.8449)
Luminance	0.7961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC99 #9C99EC

analogous

#ECC699 #E9EC99 #C0EC99

triadic

#E9EC99 #99E9EC #EC99E9

tetradic

#E9EC99 #99ECC6 #9C99EC #EC99C0

square

#E9EC99 #99ECC6 #9C99EC #EC99C0

split-complementary

#E9EC99 #99C0EC #C699EC

monochromatic

#D3D932 #DEE265 #E9EC99 #F4F6CD #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E9EC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#E9EC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC99

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC99	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E2D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.105 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f2b8',
    500: '#e9ec99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec99;
$custom-light: #f1f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.169,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92216,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC99

secondary

#6562C8

accent

#15D11C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC99

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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