#E9E461#E9E461

#E9E461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.151 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E461
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -14.47, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 64.60, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0444 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.151 107)
XYZ	xyz(63.5073, 73.6754, 22.1824)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E461 #6166E9

analogous

#E9A061 #E9E461 #AAE961

triadic

#E9E461 #61E9E4 #E461E9

tetradic

#E9E461 #61E9A0 #6166E9 #E961AA

square

#E9E461 #61E9A0 #6166E9 #E961AA

split-complementary

#E9E461 #61AAE9 #A061E9

monochromatic

#B6B019 #E2DB2B #E9E461 #F0ED97 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E9E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E461

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E461	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.151 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec93',
    500: '#e9e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e461;
$custom-light: #f3ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89818,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.73674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E461

secondary

#383DB6

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E461

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

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