#E9E044#E9E044

#E9E044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.168 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E044
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -14.16, 73.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 74.39, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0465 0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.168 106)
XYZ	xyz(61.3058, 71.0545, 15.9533)
Luminance	0.7105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E044 #444DE9

analogous

#E98E44 #E9E044 #A0E944

triadic

#E9E044 #44E9E0 #E044E9

tetradic

#E9E044 #44E98E #444DE9 #E944A0

square

#E9E044 #44E98E #444DE9 #E944A0

split-complementary

#E9E044 #44A0E9 #8E44E9

monochromatic

#A09813 #D7CC19 #E9E044 #EFE97B #F6F2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9E044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#E9E044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E044

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E044	1.00	1.38	15.21	15.21
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.168 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e982',
    500: '#e9e044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e044;
$custom-light: #f4e982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88748,
    "c": 0.16824,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.71052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E044

secondary

#2F35A2

accent

#3DF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E044

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

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