#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
RGBrgb(233, 234, 97)
HSLhsl(60, 77%, 65%)
HSVhsv(60, 59%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(0.4%, 0%, 58.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(90.34, -17.41, 64.68)
CIE-LCHlch(90.34, 66.98, 105.07°)
OKLaboklab(91.07% -0.0527 0.1484)
OKLCHoklch(91.07% 0.158 109.5)
XYZxyz(65.1866, 77.0341, 22.7422)
Luminance0.7703 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E9EA611.001.2816.4116.41
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.4121.001.001.00
##00000016.4121.001.001.00

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

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#E9EA61 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva