#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
RGBrgb(233, 229, 97)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.03, -14.96, 63.24)
CIE-LCHlch(89.03, 64.99, 103.31°)
OKLaboklab(90.03% -0.0458 0.1454)
OKLCHoklch(90.03% 0.152 107.5)
XYZxyz(63.7832, 74.2272, 22.2743)
Luminance0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E9E5611.001.3315.8515.85
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8521.001.001.00
##00000015.8521.001.001.00

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

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#E9E561 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva