#E9EB61#E9EB61

#E9EB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.159 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EB61
RGB	rgb(233, 235, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 58.7%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -17.90, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 67.38, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0541 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.159 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.4721, 77.6050, 22.8373)
Luminance	0.7760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EB61 #6361EB

analogous

#EBA861 #E9EB61 #A4EB61

triadic

#E9EB61 #61E9EB #EB61E9

tetradic

#E9EB61 #61EBA8 #6361EB #EB61A4

square

#E9EB61 #61EBA8 #6361EB #EB61A4

split-complementary

#E9EB61 #61A4EB #A861EB

monochromatic

#B8BA18 #E1E42B #E9EB61 #F1F297 #F8F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#E9EB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EB61

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EB61	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9eb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 235, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.159 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f193',
    500: '#e9eb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9eb61;
$custom-light: #f3f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9eb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.87,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91278,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EB61

secondary

#3937B9

accent

#0CDA0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EB61

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

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