#E9E366#E9E366

#E9E366 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.146 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E366
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -13.62, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 62.05, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0414 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.146 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.4736, 73.2231, 23.3577)
Luminance	0.7322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E366 #666CE9

analogous

#E9A166 #E9E366 #ADE966

triadic

#E9E366 #66E9E3 #E366E9

tetradic

#E9E366 #66E9A1 #666CE9 #E966AD

square

#E9E366 #66E9A1 #666CE9 #E966AD

split-complementary

#E9E366 #66ADE9 #A166E9

monochromatic

#BAB31B #E1D930 #E9E366 #F1ED9C #F8F7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E9E366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E366

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E366	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.146 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb96',
    500: '#e9e366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e366;
$custom-light: #f3eb96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89662,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E366

secondary

#3A40B9

accent

#18D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E366

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

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