#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
RGBrgb(233, 233, 96)
HSLhsl(60, 76%, 65%)
HSVhsv(60, 59%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(90.07, -16.99, 64.80)
CIE-LCHlch(90.07, 66.99, 104.69°)
OKLaboklab(90.85% -0.0516 0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(90.85% 0.157 109.2)
XYZxyz(64.8564, 76.4477, 22.4035)
Luminance0.7645 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9E9601.001.2916.2916.29
#FFFFFF1.291.0021.0021.00
#00000016.2921.001.001.00
##00000016.2921.001.001.00

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

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#E9E960 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva