#E9E66A#E9E66A

#E9E66A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E66A
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.37, -14.81, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.37, 61.51, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0444 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.5044, 74.9597, 24.7036)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E66A #6A6DE9

analogous

#E9A76A #E9E66A #ADE96A

triadic

#E9E66A #6AE9E6 #E66AE9

tetradic

#E9E66A #6AE9A7 #6A6DE9 #E96AAD

square

#E9E66A #6AE9A7 #6A6DE9 #E96AAD

split-complementary

#E9E66A #6AADE9 #A76AE9

monochromatic

#BDB91C #E1DD35 #E9E66A #F1EF9F #F9F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E9E66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E66A

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E66A	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed98',
    500: '#e9e66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e66a;
$custom-light: #f2ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90327,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E66A

secondary

#3B3EBC

accent

#14D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E66A

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

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