#E9E660#E9E660

#E9E660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.154 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E660
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -15.52, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 65.80, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0475 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.154 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0144, 74.7637, 22.1228)
Luminance	0.7476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E660 #6063E9

analogous

#E9A260 #E9E660 #A8E960

triadic

#E9E660 #60E9E6 #E660E9

tetradic

#E9E660 #60E9A2 #6063E9 #E960A8

square

#E9E660 #60E9A2 #6063E9 #E960A8

split-complementary

#E9E660 #60A8E9 #A260E9

monochromatic

#B5B219 #E2DE2A #E9E660 #F0EE96 #F8F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E9E660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E660

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E660	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.154 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed92',
    500: '#e9e660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e660;
$custom-light: #f3ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90224,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E660

secondary

#383BB5

accent

#12D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E660

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →