#E9E166#E9E166

#E9E166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.144 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E166
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -12.63, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 61.27, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0386 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.144 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.9297, 72.1354, 23.1764)
Luminance	0.7213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E166 #666EE9

analogous

#E99F66 #E9E166 #AFE966

triadic

#E9E166 #66E9E1 #E166E9

tetradic

#E9E166 #66E99F #666EE9 #E966AF

square

#E9E166 #66E99F #666EE9 #E966AF

split-complementary

#E9E166 #66AFE9 #9F66E9

monochromatic

#BAB01B #E1D730 #E9E166 #F1EB9C #F8F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E9E166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E166

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E166	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.144 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea96',
    500: '#e9e166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e166;
$custom-light: #f3ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89248,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E166

secondary

#3A42B9

accent

#1BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E166

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

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