#E9E168#E9E168

#E9E168 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.142 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E168
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.05, -12.48, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.05, 60.39, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.038 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.142 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.0301, 72.1755, 23.7051)
Luminance	0.7217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E168 #6870E9

analogous

#E9A068 #E9E168 #B0E968

triadic

#E9E168 #68E9E1 #E168E9

tetradic

#E9E168 #68E9A0 #6870E9 #E968B0

square

#E9E168 #68E9A0 #6870E9 #E968B0

split-complementary

#E9E168 #68B0E9 #A068E9

monochromatic

#BBB11B #E1D633 #E9E168 #F1EC9D #F9F6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E9E168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E168

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E168	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)

#F2DA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.142 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea97',
    500: '#e9e168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e168;
$custom-light: #f3ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 74.566,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89269,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E168

secondary

#3B43BB

accent

#1BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E168

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

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