#E9E661#E9E661

#E9E661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.153 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E661
RGBrgb(233, 230, 97)
HSLhsl(59, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.29, -15.46, 63.53)
CIE-LCHlch(89.29, 65.38, 103.67°)
OKLaboklab(90.23% -0.0472 0.146)
OKLCHoklch(90.23% 0.153 107.9)
XYZxyz(64.0607, 74.7822, 22.3668)
Luminance0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E661 #6164E9
analogous
#E9A261 #E9E661 #A8E961
triadic
#E9E661 #61E9E6 #E661E9
tetradic
#E9E661 #61E9A2 #6164E9 #E961A8
square
#E9E661 #61E9A2 #6164E9 #E961A8
split-complementary
#E9E661 #61A8E9 #A261E9
monochromatic
#B6B319 #E2DD2B #E9E661 #F0EE97 #F8F7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#E9E661 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96
#E9E661 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E661
15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E661#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E6611.001.3215.9615.96
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9621.001.001.00
##00000015.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DE52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE369
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8D9C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.153 107.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed93',
    500: '#e9e661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e661;
$custom-light: #f3ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90234,
    "c": 0.15341,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E661
secondary
#383BB6
accent
#12D80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E661 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva