#E9E181#E9E181

#E9E181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.118 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E181
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -10.34, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 48.84, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0293 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.118 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4934, 72.7608, 31.4115)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E181 #8189E9

analogous

#E9AD81 #E9E181 #BDE981

triadic

#E9E181 #81E9E1 #E181E9

tetradic

#E9E181 #81E9AD #8189E9 #E981BD

square

#E9E181 #81E9AD #8189E9 #E981BD

split-complementary

#E9E181 #81BDE9 #AD81E9

monochromatic

#CCBF24 #E0D54D #E9E181 #F2EDB5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E9E181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E181

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E181	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.118 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa7',
    500: '#e9e181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e181;
$custom-light: #f2eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89583,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E181

secondary

#4C55C2

accent

#22D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E181

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

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