#E9D161#E9D161

#E9D161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D161
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -4.95, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 57.68, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.0171 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.5647, 63.7902, 20.5348)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D161 #6179E9

analogous

#E98D61 #E9D161 #BDE961

triadic

#E9D161 #61E9D1 #D161E9

tetradic

#E9D161 #61E98D #6179E9 #E961BD

square

#E9D161 #61E98D #6179E9 #E961BD

split-complementary

#E9D161 #61BDE9 #8D61E9

monochromatic

#B69B19 #E2C12B #E9D161 #F0E197 #F8F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#E9D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D161

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D161	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de91',
    500: '#e9d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d161;
$custom-light: #f3de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85917,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D161

secondary

#384EB6

accent

#31D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D161

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

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