#E9E171#E9E171

#E9E171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.134 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E171
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -11.77, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 56.34, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.035 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.134 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5119, 72.3682, 26.2425)
Luminance	0.7237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E171 #7179E9

analogous

#E9A571 #E9E171 #B5E971

triadic

#E9E171 #71E9E1 #E171E9

tetradic

#E9E171 #71E9A5 #7179E9 #E971B5

square

#E9E171 #71E9A5 #7179E9 #E971B5

split-complementary

#E9E171 #71B5E9 #A571E9

monochromatic

#C2B71E #E1D63C #E9E171 #F1ECA6 #F9F7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E9E171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E171

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E171	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.134 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9d',
    500: '#e9e171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e171;
$custom-light: #f2ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89373,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E171

secondary

#3E47C0

accent

#1DD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E171

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

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