#E9EA99#E9EA99

#E9EA99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.102 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA99
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 34.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.99, -12.29, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.99, 41.16, 107.37°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0331 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.102 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.7775, 78.4704, 41.6540)
Luminance	0.7847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA99 #9A99EA

analogous

#EAC299 #E9EA99 #C0EA99

triadic

#E9EA99 #99E9EA #EA99E9

tetradic

#E9EA99 #99EAC2 #9A99EA #EA99C0

square

#E9EA99 #99EAC2 #9A99EA #EA99C0

split-complementary

#E9EA99 #99C0EA #C299EA

monochromatic

#D3D533 #DEE066 #E9EA99 #F4F4CC #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#E9EA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA99

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA99	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.102 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f0b8',
    500: '#e9ea99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea99;
$custom-light: #f1f0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.741,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91804,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA99

secondary

#6362C5

accent

#18CE1A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA99

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

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