#E9DE61#E9DE61

#E9DE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE61
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -11.50, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 62.30, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0359 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8853, 70.4314, 21.6417)
Luminance	0.7043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE61 #616CE9

analogous

#E99A61 #E9DE61 #B0E961

triadic

#E9DE61 #61E9DE #DE61E9

tetradic

#E9DE61 #61E99A #616CE9 #E961B0

square

#E9DE61 #61E99A #616CE9 #E961B0

split-complementary

#E9DE61 #61B0E9 #9A61E9

monochromatic

#B6AA19 #E2D32B #E9DE61 #F0E997 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E9DE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE61

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE61	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e892',
    500: '#e9de61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de61;
$custom-light: #f3e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88576,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE61

secondary

#3842B6

accent

#1ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE61

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

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