#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
RGBrgb(233, 225, 81)
HSLhsl(57, 78%, 62%)
HSVhsv(57, 65%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.86, -13.99, 68.55)
CIE-LCHlch(87.86, 69.97, 101.54°)
OKLaboklab(89.05% -0.0447 0.1544)
OKLCHoklch(89.05% 0.161 106.1)
XYZxyz(62.0170, 71.7703, 18.3692)
Luminance0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##E9E1511.001.3715.3515.35
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3521.001.001.00
##00000015.3521.001.001.00

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

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#E9E151 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva