#E9E763#E9E763

#E9E763 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.153 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E763
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 99)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.57, -15.81, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.57, 64.93, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0479 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.153 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.4342, 75.3781, 22.9572)
Luminance	0.7538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E763 #6365E9

analogous

#E9A463 #E9E763 #A8E963

triadic

#E9E763 #63E9E7 #E763E9

tetradic

#E9E763 #63E9A4 #6365E9 #E963A8

square

#E9E763 #63E9A4 #6365E9 #E963A8

split-complementary

#E9E763 #63A8E9 #A463E9

monochromatic

#B8B51A #E1DF2D #E9E763 #F1EF99 #F8F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E763 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E9E763 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E763

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E763	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E763	1.00	1.31	16.08	16.08
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e763;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.153 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee94',
    500: '#e9e763',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e763;
$custom-light: #f3ee94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e763",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90462,
    "c": 0.15279,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E763

secondary

#393BB7

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E763

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

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