#E9E860#E9E860

#E9E860 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.156 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E860
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -16.50, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 66.59, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.64% -0.0502 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(90.64% 0.156 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5741, 75.8832, 22.3094)
Luminance	0.7588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E860 #6061E9

analogous

#E9A460 #E9E860 #A6E960

triadic

#E9E860 #60E9E8 #E860E9

tetradic

#E9E860 #60E9A4 #6061E9 #E960A6

square

#E9E860 #60E9A4 #6061E9 #E960A6

split-complementary

#E9E860 #60A6E9 #A460E9

monochromatic

#B5B419 #E2E02A #E9E860 #F0F096 #F8F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#E9E860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E860

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E860	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.156 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef92',
    500: '#e9e860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e860;
$custom-light: #f3ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.562,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90641,
    "c": 0.15626,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E860

secondary

#3839B5

accent

#0FD80E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E860

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

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