#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
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -12.99, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 63.43, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0401 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.148 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6892, 72.0392, 21.9097)
Luminance	0.7204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E9E161	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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