#E9D561#E9D561

#E9D561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.137 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D561
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -6.98, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 59.04, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.023 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.137 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5584, 65.7777, 20.8661)
Luminance	0.6577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D561 #6175E9

analogous

#E99161 #E9D561 #B9E961

triadic

#E9D561 #61E9D5 #D561E9

tetradic

#E9D561 #61E991 #6175E9 #E961B9

square

#E9D561 #61E991 #6175E9 #E961B9

split-complementary

#E9D561 #61B9E9 #9161E9

monochromatic

#B69F19 #E2C72B #E9D561 #F0E397 #F8F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E9D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D561

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D561	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.137 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e192',
    500: '#e9d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d561;
$custom-light: #f3e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8673,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D561

secondary

#384BB6

accent

#2BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D561

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

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