#E9E169#E9E169

#E9E169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.142 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E169
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -12.41, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 59.95, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0376 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.142 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.0812, 72.1960, 23.9742)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E169 #6971E9

analogous

#E9A169 #E9E169 #B1E969

triadic

#E9E169 #69E9E1 #E169E9

tetradic

#E9E169 #69E9A1 #6971E9 #E969B1

square

#E9E169 #69E9A1 #6971E9 #E969B1

split-complementary

#E9E169 #69B1E9 #A169E9

monochromatic

#BCB21C #E1D634 #E9E169 #F1EC9E #F9F6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E9E169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E169

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E169	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.142 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea97',
    500: '#e9e169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e169;
$custom-light: #f3ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8928,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E169

secondary

#3B43BB

accent

#1BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E169

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

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