#E9E164#E9E164

#E9E164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.146 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E164
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 100)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.01, -12.78, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.01, 62.14, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.23% -0.0392 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(89.23% 0.146 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.8317, 72.0962, 22.6603)
Luminance	0.7209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E164 #646CE9

analogous

#E99E64 #E9E164 #AEE964

triadic

#E9E164 #64E9E1 #E164E9

tetradic

#E9E164 #64E99E #646CE9 #E964AE

square

#E9E164 #64E99E #646CE9 #E964AE

split-complementary

#E9E164 #64AEE9 #9E64E9

monochromatic

#B8AF1A #E1D72E #E9E164 #F1EB9A #F8F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E9E164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E164

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E164	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.146 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea94',
    500: '#e9e164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e164;
$custom-light: #f3ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89227,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E164

secondary

#3941B8

accent

#1AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E164

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

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