#E9E964#E9E964

#E9E964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.154 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E964
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 100)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.10, -16.72, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.10, 65.31, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0504 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.154 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0453, 76.5233, 23.3982)
Luminance	0.7652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E964 #6464E9

analogous

#E9A664 #E9E964 #A6E964

triadic

#E9E964 #64E9E9 #E964E9

tetradic

#E9E964 #64E9A6 #6464E9 #E964A6

square

#E9E964 #64E9A6 #6464E9 #E964A6

split-complementary

#E9E964 #64A6E9 #A664E9

monochromatic

#B8B81A #E1E12E #E9E964 #F1F19A #F8F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#E9E964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E964

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E964	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.154 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef95',
    500: '#e9e964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e964;
$custom-light: #f3ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90889,
    "c": 0.15402,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E964

secondary

#3939B8

accent

#0ED70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E964

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

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