#E9EA51#E9EA51

#E9EA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.169 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA51
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 81)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -18.40, 70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 73.32, 104.53°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0571 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.169 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.5144, 76.7652, 19.2017)
Luminance	0.7676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA51 #5251EA

analogous

#EA9F51 #E9EA51 #9DEA51

triadic

#E9EA51 #51E9EA #EA51E9

tetradic

#E9EA51 #51EA9F #5251EA #EA519D

square

#E9EA51 #51EA9F #5251EA #EA519D

split-complementary

#E9EA51 #519DEA #9F51EA

monochromatic

#ABAC15 #E1E21B #E9EA51 #F0F188 #F7F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#E9EA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA51

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA51	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.169 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08a',
    500: '#e9ea51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea51;
$custom-light: #f3f08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9093,
    "c": 0.16939,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA51

secondary

#3332AD

accent

#0BDB0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA51

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

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