#E9E161#E9E161

#E9E161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.148 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E161
RGBrgb(233, 225, 97)
HSLhsl(56, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.99, -12.99, 62.09)
CIE-LCHlch(87.99, 63.43, 101.82°)
OKLaboklab(89.2% -0.0401 0.1429)
OKLCHoklch(89.2% 0.148 105.7)
XYZxyz(62.6892, 72.0392, 21.9097)
Luminance0.7204 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E161 #6169E9
analogous
#E99D61 #E9E161 #ADE961
triadic
#E9E161 #61E9E1 #E161E9
tetradic
#E9E161 #61E99D #6169E9 #E961AD
square
#E9E161 #61E99D #6169E9 #E961AD
split-complementary
#E9E161 #61ADE9 #9D61E9
monochromatic
#B6AD19 #E2D72B #E9E161 #F0EB97 #F8F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36
#E9E161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41
#E9E161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E161
15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E161#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E1611.001.3615.4115.41
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4121.001.001.00
##00000015.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D953
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DF68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D3C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.148 105.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea92',
    500: '#e9e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e161;
$custom-light: #f3ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89196,
    "c": 0.14845,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E161
secondary
#3840B6
accent
#1AD80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E161

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#E9E161 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva