#E9E985#E9E985

#E9E985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.123 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E985
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -13.93, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 50.39, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(91.29% -0.0392 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(91.29% 0.123 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.9780, 77.2964, 33.5772)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E985 #8585E9

analogous

#E9B785 #E9E985 #B7E985

triadic

#E9E985 #85E9E9 #E985E9

tetradic

#E9E985 #85E9B7 #8585E9 #E985B7

square

#E9E985 #85E9B7 #8585E9 #E985B7

split-complementary

#E9E985 #85B7E9 #B785E9

monochromatic

#CECE25 #E0E051 #E9E985 #F2F2B9 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9E985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#E9E985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E985

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E985	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.123 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efaa',
    500: '#e9e985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e985;
$custom-light: #f2efaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91288,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E985

secondary

#5050C2

accent

#14D114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E985

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

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