#E9E666#E9E666

#E9E666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.149 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E666
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -15.10, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 63.25, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.29% -0.0456 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(90.29% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3012, 74.8784, 23.6336)
Luminance	0.7488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E666 #6669E9

analogous

#E9A466 #E9E666 #AAE966

triadic

#E9E666 #66E9E6 #E666E9

tetradic

#E9E666 #66E9A4 #6669E9 #E966AA

square

#E9E666 #66E9A4 #6669E9 #E966AA

split-complementary

#E9E666 #66AAE9 #A466E9

monochromatic

#BAB61B #E1DD30 #E9E666 #F1EF9C #F8F7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E9E666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E666

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E666	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.149 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed96',
    500: '#e9e666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e666;
$custom-light: #f3ed96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90285,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E666

secondary

#3A3DB9

accent

#13D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E666

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

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