#E9E662#E9E662

#E9E662 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	#E9E662
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.30, -15.39, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.30, 64.96, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0469 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.153 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1076, 74.8010, 22.6140)
Luminance	0.7480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E662 #6265E9

analogous

#E9A362 #E9E662 #A8E962

triadic

#E9E662 #62E9E6 #E662E9

tetradic

#E9E662 #62E9A3 #6265E9 #E962A8

square

#E9E662 #62E9A3 #6265E9 #E962A8

split-complementary

#E9E662 #62A8E9 #A362E9

monochromatic

#B7B31A #E1DD2C #E9E662 #F1EF98 #F8F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E9E662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E662

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E662	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)

#F7DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.153 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed93',
    500: '#e9e662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e662;
$custom-light: #f3ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90244,
    "c": 0.15259,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E662

secondary

#383BB7

accent

#12D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E662

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

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