#E9ED61#E9ED61

#E9ED61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.161 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ED61
RGB	rgb(233, 237, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -18.87, 65.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 68.20, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.7% -0.0568 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(91.7% 0.161 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.0480, 78.7567, 23.0293)
Luminance	0.7875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ED61 #6561ED

analogous

#EDAB61 #E9ED61 #A3ED61

triadic

#E9ED61 #61E9ED #ED61E9

tetradic

#E9ED61 #61EDAB #6561ED #ED61A3

square

#E9ED61 #61EDAB #6561ED #ED61A3

split-complementary

#E9ED61 #61A3ED #AB61ED

monochromatic

#B9BE16 #E1E72A #E9ED61 #F1F398 #F8FACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9ED61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#E9ED61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ED61

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ED61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ED61	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ed61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.161 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f293',
    500: '#e9ed61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ed61;
$custom-light: #f3f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ed61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91696,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ED61

secondary

#3A36BD

accent

#0ADC10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ED61

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

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