#E9EB6B#E9EB6B

#E9EB6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.150 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EB6B
RGB	rgb(233, 235, 107)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 54.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -17.18, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 63.13, 105.79°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.051 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.15 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9681, 77.8034, 25.4496)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EB6B #6D6BEB

analogous

#EBAD6B #E9EB6B #A9EB6B

triadic

#E9EB6B #6BE9EB #EB6BE9

tetradic

#E9EB6B #6BEBAD #6D6BEB #EB6BA9

square

#E9EB6B #6BEBAD #6D6BEB #EB6BA9

split-complementary

#E9EB6B #6BA9EB #AD6BEB

monochromatic

#BFC11A #E1E435 #E9EB6B #F1F2A1 #F9FAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EB6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#E9EB6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EB6B

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EB6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EB6B	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE25E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9eb6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 235, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.150 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f199',
    500: '#e9eb6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9eb6b;
$custom-light: #f2f199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9eb6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 76.19,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91379,
    "c": 0.15016,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EB6B

secondary

#3C3AC0

accent

#0DD810

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EB6B

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

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