#E9E664#E9E664

#E9E664 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.151 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E664
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 100)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -15.25, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 64.11, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.0462 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.151 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.2032, 74.8392, 23.1175)
Luminance	0.7484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E664 #6467E9

analogous

#E9A464 #E9E664 #A9E964

triadic

#E9E664 #64E9E6 #E664E9

tetradic

#E9E664 #64E9A4 #6467E9 #E964A9

square

#E9E664 #64E9A4 #6467E9 #E964A9

split-complementary

#E9E664 #64A9E9 #A464E9

monochromatic

#B8B51A #E1DD2E #E9E664 #F1EF9A #F8F7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E664 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E9E664 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E664

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E664	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E664	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e664;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.151 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed95',
    500: '#e9e664',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e664;
$custom-light: #f3ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e664",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90264,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E664

secondary

#393CB8

accent

#13D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E664

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

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