#E9E167#E9E167

#E9E167 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.143 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E167
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 103)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -12.56, 59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 60.83, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.26% -0.0383 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(89.26% 0.143 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.9796, 72.1553, 23.4392)
Luminance	0.7215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E167 #676FE9

analogous

#E9A067 #E9E167 #B0E967

triadic

#E9E167 #67E9E1 #E167E9

tetradic

#E9E167 #67E9A0 #676FE9 #E967B0

square

#E9E167 #67E9A0 #676FE9 #E967B0

split-complementary

#E9E167 #67B0E9 #A067E9

monochromatic

#BBB11B #E1D632 #E9E167 #F1EC9C #F8F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E9E167 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E167

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E167	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)

#F2DA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.143 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea96',
    500: '#e9e167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e167;
$custom-light: #f3ea96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 74.713,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89258,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E167

secondary

#3A42BA

accent

#1BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E167

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

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