#E9E765#E9E765

#E9E765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.151 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E765
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.59, -15.67, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.59, 64.08, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0473 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.151 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.5310, 75.4168, 23.4670)
Luminance	0.7541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E765 #6567E9

analogous

#E9A565 #E9E765 #A9E965

triadic

#E9E765 #65E9E7 #E765E9

tetradic

#E9E765 #65E9A5 #6567E9 #E965A9

square

#E9E765 #65E9A5 #6567E9 #E965A9

split-complementary

#E9E765 #65A9E9 #A565E9

monochromatic

#B9B71A #E1DF2F #E9E765 #F1EF9B #F8F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.08

#E9E765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E765

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E765	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)

#F8DF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.151 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee95',
    500: '#e9e765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e765;
$custom-light: #f3ee95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90482,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E765

secondary

#3A3BB9

accent

#11D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E765

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

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