#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
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.81, -16.44, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.81, 66.18, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.65% -0.0499 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(90.65% 0.155 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6205, 75.9017, 22.5534)
Luminance	0.7590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E861	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)

#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

Preview with #E9E861

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

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