#E9D361#E9D361

#E9D361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D361
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -5.96, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 58.36, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0201 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0585, 64.7778, 20.6994)
Luminance	0.6478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D361 #6177E9

analogous

#E98F61 #E9D361 #BBE961

triadic

#E9D361 #61E9D3 #D361E9

tetradic

#E9D361 #61E98F #6177E9 #E961BB

square

#E9D361 #61E98F #6177E9 #E961BB

split-complementary

#E9D361 #61BBE9 #8F61E9

monochromatic

#B69D19 #E2C42B #E9D361 #F0E297 #F8F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E9D361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D361

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D361	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e092',
    500: '#e9d361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d361;
$custom-light: #f3e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.294,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86323,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D361

secondary

#384CB6

accent

#2ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D361

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

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