#E9E960#E9E960

#E9E960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.157 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E960
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.07, -16.99, 64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.07, 66.99, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0516 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.157 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.8564, 76.4477, 22.4035)
Luminance	0.7645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E960 #6060E9

analogous

#E9A560 #E9E960 #A5E960

triadic

#E9E960 #60E9E9 #E960E9

tetradic

#E9E960 #60E9A5 #6060E9 #E960A5

square

#E9E960 #60E9A5 #6060E9 #E960A5

split-complementary

#E9E960 #60A5E9 #A560E9

monochromatic

#B5B519 #E2E22A #E9E960 #F0F096 #F8F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#E9E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E960

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E960	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.157 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef92',
    500: '#e9e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e960;
$custom-light: #f3ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9085,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E960

secondary

#3838B5

accent

#0ED80E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E960

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

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