#E9D461#E9D461

#E9D461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D461
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -6.47, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 58.70, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0215 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.3077, 65.2762, 20.7825)
Luminance	0.6527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D461 #6176E9

analogous

#E99061 #E9D461 #BAE961

triadic

#E9D461 #61E9D4 #D461E9

tetradic

#E9D461 #61E990 #6176E9 #E961BA

square

#E9D461 #61E990 #6176E9 #E961BA

split-complementary

#E9D461 #61BAE9 #9061E9

monochromatic

#B69E19 #E2C52B #E9D461 #F0E397 #F8F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E9D461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D461

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D461	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e092',
    500: '#e9d461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d461;
$custom-light: #f3e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86526,
    "c": 0.13663,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D461

secondary

#384CB6

accent

#2DD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D461

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

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