#E9E663#E9E663

#E9E663 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.152 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E663
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -15.32, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 64.53, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.25% -0.0465 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(90.25% 0.152 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1551, 74.8200, 22.8642)
Luminance	0.7482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E663 #6366E9

analogous

#E9A363 #E9E663 #A9E963

triadic

#E9E663 #63E9E6 #E663E9

tetradic

#E9E663 #63E9A3 #6366E9 #E963A9

square

#E9E663 #63E9A3 #6366E9 #E963A9

split-complementary

#E9E663 #63A9E9 #A363E9

monochromatic

#B8B41A #E1DD2D #E9E663 #F1EF99 #F8F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E663 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E9E663 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E663

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E663	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E663	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)

#F7DE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e663;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.152 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed94',
    500: '#e9e663',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e663;
$custom-light: #f3ed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e663",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90254,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E663

secondary

#393CB7

accent

#13D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E663

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

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