#E9EA61#E9EA61

#E9EA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.158 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA61
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.34, -17.41, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.34, 66.98, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0527 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.158 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.1866, 77.0341, 22.7422)
Luminance	0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA61 #6261EA

analogous

#EAA761 #E9EA61 #A5EA61

triadic

#E9EA61 #61E9EA #EA61E9

tetradic

#E9EA61 #61EAA7 #6261EA #EA61A5

square

#E9EA61 #61EAA7 #6261EA #EA61A5

split-complementary

#E9EA61 #61A5EA #A761EA

monochromatic

#B7B818 #E1E32B #E9EA61 #F1F197 #F8F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#E9EA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA61

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA61	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.158 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f093',
    500: '#e9ea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea61;
$custom-light: #f3f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91068,
    "c": 0.1575,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA61

secondary

#3838B8

accent

#0DD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA61

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

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