#E9E165#E9E165

#E9E165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E165
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.02, -12.71, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.02, 61.71, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0389 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.145 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.8804, 72.1157, 22.9168)
Luminance	0.7211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E165 #656DE9

analogous

#E99F65 #E9E165 #AFE965

triadic

#E9E165 #65E9E1 #E165E9

tetradic

#E9E165 #65E99F #656DE9 #E965AF

square

#E9E165 #65E99F #656DE9 #E965AF

split-complementary

#E9E165 #65AFE9 #9F65E9

monochromatic

#B9B01A #E1D72F #E9E165 #F1EB9B #F8F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#E9E165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E165

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E165	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)

#F2DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.145 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea95',
    500: '#e9e165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e165;
$custom-light: #f3ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89237,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E165

secondary

#3A41B9

accent

#1BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E165

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

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