#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
RGBrgb(233, 225, 129)
HSLhsl(55, 70%, 71%)
HSVhsv(55, 45%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.33, -10.34, 47.73)
CIE-LCHlch(88.33, 48.84, 102.23°)
OKLaboklab(89.58% -0.0293 0.1147)
OKLCHoklch(89.58% 0.118 104.3)
XYZxyz(64.4934, 72.7608, 31.4115)
Luminance0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##E9E1811.001.3515.5515.55
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5521.001.001.00
##00000015.5521.001.001.00

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

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#E9E181 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva