#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
RGBrgb(233, 233, 81)
HSLhsl(60, 78%, 62%)
HSVhsv(60, 65%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.95, -17.91, 70.70)
CIE-LCHlch(89.95, 72.94, 104.22°)
OKLaboklab(90.72% -0.0557 0.1589)
OKLCHoklch(90.72% 0.168 109.3)
XYZxyz(64.2305, 76.1974, 19.1071)
Luminance0.7620 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9E9511.001.2916.2416.24
#FFFFFF1.291.0021.0021.00
#00000016.2421.001.001.00
##00000016.2421.001.001.00

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

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#E9E951 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva