#E9E861#E9E861

#E9E861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.155 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E861
RGBrgb(233, 232, 97)
HSLhsl(60, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(60, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.81, -16.44, 64.10)
CIE-LCHlch(89.81, 66.18, 104.38°)
OKLaboklab(90.65% -0.0499 0.1472)
OKLCHoklch(90.65% 0.155 108.7)
XYZxyz(64.6205, 75.9017, 22.5534)
Luminance0.7590 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E861 #6162E9
analogous
#E9A461 #E9E861 #A6E961
triadic
#E9E861 #61E9E8 #E861E9
tetradic
#E9E861 #61E9A4 #6162E9 #E961A6
square
#E9E861 #61E9A4 #6162E9 #E961A6
split-complementary
#E9E861 #61A6E9 #A461E9
monochromatic
#B6B519 #E2E02B #E9E861 #F0F097 #F8F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30
#E9E861 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18
#E9E861 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E861
16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E861#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E8611.001.3016.1816.18
#FFFFFF1.301.0021.0021.00
#00000016.1821.001.001.00
##00000016.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F9DF52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FBE469
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8DBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.155 108.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef93',
    500: '#e9e861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e861;
$custom-light: #f3ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90651,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E861
secondary
#3839B6
accent
#0FD80E
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

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#E9E861 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva