#E9E968#E9E968

#E9E968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.151 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E968
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 104)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -16.43, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 63.60, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0492 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.151 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2437, 76.6026, 24.4429)
Luminance	0.7660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E968 #6868E9

analogous

#E9A868 #E9E968 #A8E968

triadic

#E9E968 #68E9E9 #E968E9

tetradic

#E9E968 #68E9A8 #6868E9 #E968A8

square

#E9E968 #68E9A8 #6868E9 #E968A8

split-complementary

#E9E968 #68A8E9 #A868E9

monochromatic

#BBBB1B #E1E133 #E9E968 #F1F19D #F9F9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#E9E968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E968

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E968	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE56F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.151 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef97',
    500: '#e9e968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e968;
$custom-light: #f3ef97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.566,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9093,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E968

secondary

#3B3BBB

accent

#0FD70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E968

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

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