#E9D861#E9D861

#E9D861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.140 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D861
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -8.49, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 60.10, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0273 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.14 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3200, 67.3008, 21.1199)
Luminance	0.6730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D861 #6172E9

analogous

#E99461 #E9D861 #B6E961

triadic

#E9D861 #61E9D8 #D861E9

tetradic

#E9D861 #61E994 #6172E9 #E961B6

square

#E9D861 #61E994 #6172E9 #E961B6

split-complementary

#E9D861 #61B6E9 #9461E9

monochromatic

#B6A319 #E2CB2B #E9D861 #F0E597 #F8F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#E9D861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D861

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D861	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.140 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e392',
    500: '#e9d861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d861;
$custom-light: #f3e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87343,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D861

secondary

#3848B6

accent

#27D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D861

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

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