#E9E96B#E9E96B

#E9E96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.148 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E96B
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 107)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -16.20, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 62.30, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0482 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.148 109)
XYZ	xyz(65.3988, 76.6647, 25.2598)
Luminance	0.7666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E96B #6B6BE9

analogous

#E9AA6B #E9E96B #AAE96B

triadic

#E9E96B #6BE9E9 #E96BE9

tetradic

#E9E96B #6BE9AA #6B6BE9 #E96BAA

square

#E9E96B #6BE9AA #6B6BE9 #E96BAA

split-complementary

#E9E96B #6BAAE9 #AA6BE9

monochromatic

#BDBD1C #E1E136 #E9E96B #F1F1A0 #F9F9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#E9E96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E96B

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E96B	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.148 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ef99',
    500: '#e9e96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e96b;
$custom-light: #f2ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90962,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.76663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E96B

secondary

#3C3CBC

accent

#0FD60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E96B

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

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