#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
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.29, -15.46, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.29, 65.38, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0472 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.153 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0607, 74.7822, 22.3668)
Luminance	0.7478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E661	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9E661

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

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