#E9E581#E9E581

#E9E581 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.123 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E581
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 129)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -12.34, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 50.54, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.035 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.123 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.5874, 74.9489, 31.7762)
Luminance	0.7495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E581 #8185E9

analogous

#E9B181 #E9E581 #B9E981

triadic

#E9E581 #81E9E5 #E581E9

tetradic

#E9E581 #81E9B1 #8185E9 #E981B9

square

#E9E581 #81E9B1 #8185E9 #E981B9

split-complementary

#E9E581 #81B9E9 #B181E9

monochromatic

#CCC624 #E0DA4D #E9E581 #F2F0B5 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E9E581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E581

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E581	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.123 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eda7',
    500: '#e9e581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e581;
$custom-light: #f2eda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90406,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E581

secondary

#4C51C2

accent

#1BD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E581

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

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