#E9E151#E9E151

#E9E151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E151
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -13.99, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 69.97, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0447 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.161 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0170, 71.7703, 18.3692)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E151 #5159E9

analogous

#E99551 #E9E151 #A5E951

triadic

#E9E151 #51E9E1 #E151E9

tetradic

#E9E151 #51E995 #5159E9 #E951A5

square

#E9E151 #51E995 #5159E9 #E951A5

split-complementary

#E9E151 #51A5E9 #9551E9

monochromatic

#AAA216 #E0D61C #E9E151 #F0EA87 #F7F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E9E151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E151

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E151	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea89',
    500: '#e9e151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e151;
$custom-light: #f3ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89051,
    "c": 0.16071,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E151

secondary

#3339AB

accent

#17DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E151

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

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