#E9E781#E9E781

#E9E781 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.125 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E781
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -13.33, 49.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 51.41, 105.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0379 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.125 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.1439, 76.0620, 31.9617)
Luminance	0.7606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E781 #8183E9

analogous

#E9B381 #E9E781 #B7E981

triadic

#E9E781 #81E9E7 #E781E9

tetradic

#E9E781 #81E9B3 #8183E9 #E981B7

square

#E9E781 #81E9B3 #8183E9 #E981B7

split-complementary

#E9E781 #81B7E9 #B381E9

monochromatic

#CCC924 #E0DD4D #E9E781 #F2F1B5 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#E9E781 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E781

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E781	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.125 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eea7',
    500: '#e9e781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e781;
$custom-light: #f2eea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90818,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E781

secondary

#4C4EC2

accent

#17D213

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E781

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

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