#E9E360#E9E360

#E9E360 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.151 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E360
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -14.05, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 64.63, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.0433 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.151 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1867, 73.1083, 21.8469)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E360 #6066E9

analogous

#E99E60 #E9E360 #ABE960

triadic

#E9E360 #60E9E3 #E360E9

tetradic

#E9E360 #60E99E #6066E9 #E960AB

square

#E9E360 #60E99E #6066E9 #E960AB

split-complementary

#E9E360 #60ABE9 #9E60E9

monochromatic

#B5AF19 #E2DA2A #E9E360 #F0EC96 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E360 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E9E360 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E360

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E360	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E360	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e360;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.151 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb92',
    500: '#e9e360',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e360;
$custom-light: #f3eb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e360",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89601,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E360

secondary

#383DB5

accent

#16D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E360

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

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