#E9E04D#E9E04D

#E9E04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.163 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E04D
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.57, -13.72, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.57, 71.14, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0443 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.163 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6018, 71.1730, 17.5126)
Luminance	0.7117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E04D #4D56E9

analogous

#E9924D #E9E04D #A4E94D

triadic

#E9E04D #4DE9E0 #E04DE9

tetradic

#E9E04D #4DE992 #4D56E9 #E94DA4

square

#E9E04D #4DE992 #4D56E9 #E94DA4

split-complementary

#E9E04D #4DA4E9 #924DE9

monochromatic

#A79F15 #DDD21B #E9E04D #F0E983 #F6F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9E04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#E9E04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E04D

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E04D	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.163 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e987',
    500: '#e9e04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e04d;
$custom-light: #f4e987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88812,
    "c": 0.16253,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E04D

secondary

#3238A9

accent

#17DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E04D

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

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