#E9E665#E9E665

#E9E665 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.150 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E665
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.33, -15.18, 61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.33, 63.68, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0459 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.15 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.2519, 74.8587, 23.3740)
Luminance	0.7486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E665 #6568E9

analogous

#E9A465 #E9E665 #AAE965

triadic

#E9E665 #65E9E6 #E665E9

tetradic

#E9E665 #65E9A4 #6568E9 #E965AA

square

#E9E665 #65E9A4 #6568E9 #E965AA

split-complementary

#E9E665 #65AAE9 #A465E9

monochromatic

#B9B61A #E1DD2F #E9E665 #F1EF9B #F8F7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#E9E665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E665

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E665	1.00	1.31	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.31	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)

#F7DE57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.150 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed95',
    500: '#e9e665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e665;
$custom-light: #f3ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90274,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E665

secondary

#3A3CB9

accent

#13D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E665

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →