#E9E951#E9E951

#E9E951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.168 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E951
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.95, -17.91, 70.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.95, 72.94, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(90.72% -0.0557 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(90.72% 0.168 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2305, 76.1974, 19.1071)
Luminance	0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E951 #5151E9

analogous

#E99D51 #E9E951 #9DE951

triadic

#E9E951 #51E9E9 #E951E9

tetradic

#E9E951 #51E99D #5151E9 #E9519D

square

#E9E951 #51E99D #5151E9 #E9519D

split-complementary

#E9E951 #519DE9 #9D51E9

monochromatic

#AAAA16 #E0E01C #E9E951 #F0F087 #F7F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#E9E951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E951

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E951	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.168 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8a',
    500: '#e9e951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e951;
$custom-light: #f3ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9072,
    "c": 0.1684,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E951

secondary

#3333AB

accent

#0CDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E951

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

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