#E9E561#E9E561

#E9E561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.152 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E561
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -14.96, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 64.99, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0458 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.152 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7832, 74.2272, 22.2743)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E561 #6165E9

analogous

#E9A161 #E9E561 #A9E961

triadic

#E9E561 #61E9E5 #E561E9

tetradic

#E9E561 #61E9A1 #6165E9 #E961A9

square

#E9E561 #61E9A1 #6165E9 #E961A9

split-complementary

#E9E561 #61A9E9 #A161E9

monochromatic

#B6B219 #E2DC2B #E9E561 #F0EE97 #F8F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E9E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E561

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E561	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.152 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed93',
    500: '#e9e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e561;
$custom-light: #f3ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90026,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E561

secondary

#383CB6

accent

#14D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E561

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

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