#E9E667#E9E667

#E9E667 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.148 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E667
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 103)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 55.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -15.03, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 62.82, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.0453 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.148 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3511, 74.8984, 23.8963)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E667 #676AE9

analogous

#E9A567 #E9E667 #ABE967

triadic

#E9E667 #67E9E6 #E667E9

tetradic

#E9E667 #67E9A5 #676AE9 #E967AB

square

#E9E667 #67E9A5 #676AE9 #E967AB

split-complementary

#E9E667 #67ABE9 #A567E9

monochromatic

#BBB71B #E1DD32 #E9E667 #F1EF9C #F8F8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E667 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#E9E667 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E667

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E667	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E667	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)

#F7DE5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e667;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.148 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed96',
    500: '#e9e667',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e667;
$custom-light: #f3ed96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e667",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 74.713,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90295,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E667

secondary

#3A3DBA

accent

#13D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E667

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

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