#E9D661#E9D661

#E9D661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D661
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -7.48, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 59.39, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0244 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.8108, 66.2823, 20.9502)
Luminance	0.6628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D661 #6174E9

analogous

#E99261 #E9D661 #B8E961

triadic

#E9D661 #61E9D6 #D661E9

tetradic

#E9D661 #61E992 #6174E9 #E961B8

square

#E9D661 #61E992 #6174E9 #E961B8

split-complementary

#E9D661 #61B8E9 #9261E9

monochromatic

#B6A019 #E2C82B #E9D661 #F0E497 #F8F2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E9D661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D661

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D661	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e292',
    500: '#e9d661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d661;
$custom-light: #f3e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86934,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D661

secondary

#384AB6

accent

#2AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D661

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

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