#E9E381#E9E381

#E9E381 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.121 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E381
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -11.34, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 49.68, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0322 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.121 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.0372, 73.8485, 31.5928)
Luminance	0.7385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E381 #8187E9

analogous

#E9AF81 #E9E381 #BBE981

triadic

#E9E381 #81E9E3 #E381E9

tetradic

#E9E381 #81E9AF #8187E9 #E981BB

square

#E9E381 #81E9AF #8187E9 #E981BB

split-complementary

#E9E381 #81BBE9 #AF81E9

monochromatic

#CCC224 #E0D74D #E9E381 #F2EFB5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E9E381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E381

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E381	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.121 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eba7',
    500: '#e9e381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e381;
$custom-light: #f2eba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89994,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E381

secondary

#4C53C2

accent

#1ED213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E381

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

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