#E9E361#E9E361

#E9E361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.150 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E361
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -13.98, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 64.21, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.043 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.15 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.2330, 73.1268, 22.0909)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E361 #6167E9

analogous

#E99F61 #E9E361 #ABE961

triadic

#E9E361 #61E9E3 #E361E9

tetradic

#E9E361 #61E99F #6167E9 #E961AB

square

#E9E361 #61E99F #6167E9 #E961AB

split-complementary

#E9E361 #61ABE9 #9F61E9

monochromatic

#B6AF19 #E2D92B #E9E361 #F0ED97 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E9E361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E361

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E361	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.150 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb93',
    500: '#e9e361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e361;
$custom-light: #f3eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89611,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E361

secondary

#383EB6

accent

#17D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E361

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

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