#E9DC61#E9DC61

#E9DC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.144 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC61
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -10.50, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 61.55, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0331 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.144 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.3573, 69.3753, 21.4657)
Luminance	0.6937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC61 #616EE9

analogous

#E99861 #E9DC61 #B2E961

triadic

#E9DC61 #61E9DC #DC61E9

tetradic

#E9DC61 #61E998 #616EE9 #E961B2

square

#E9DC61 #61E998 #616EE9 #E961B2

split-complementary

#E9DC61 #61B2E9 #9861E9

monochromatic

#B6A719 #E2D02B #E9DC61 #F0E897 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E9DC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC61

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC61	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.144 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e692',
    500: '#e9dc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc61;
$custom-light: #f3e692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.265,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88164,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC61

secondary

#3844B6

accent

#21D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC61

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

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