#E9DD61#E9DD61

#E9DD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.145 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD61
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.95, -11.00, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.95, 61.92, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0345 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.145 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6205, 69.9018, 21.5534)
Luminance	0.6990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD61 #616DE9

analogous

#E99961 #E9DD61 #B1E961

triadic

#E9DD61 #61E9DD #DD61E9

tetradic

#E9DD61 #61E999 #616DE9 #E961B1

square

#E9DD61 #61E999 #616DE9 #E961B1

split-complementary

#E9DD61 #61B1E9 #9961E9

monochromatic

#B6A819 #E2D12B #E9DD61 #F0E997 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E9DD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD61

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD61	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.145 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e792',
    500: '#e9dd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd61;
$custom-light: #f3e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8837,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD61

secondary

#3843B6

accent

#20D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD61

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

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