#E9E04E#E9E04E

#E9E04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.162 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E04E
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.58, -13.66, 69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.58, 70.76, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.82% -0.0441 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(88.82% 0.162 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.6374, 71.1872, 17.7000)
Luminance	0.7118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E04E #4E57E9

analogous

#E9924E #E9E04E #A4E94E

triadic

#E9E04E #4EE9E0 #E04EE9

tetradic

#E9E04E #4EE992 #4E57E9 #E94EA4

square

#E9E04E #4EE992 #4E57E9 #E94EA4

split-complementary

#E9E04E #4EA4E9 #924EE9

monochromatic

#A89F15 #DED31C #E9E04E #F0EA84 #F7F3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9E04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E9E04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E04E

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E04E	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.162 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e987',
    500: '#e9e04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e04e;
$custom-light: #f4e987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8882,
    "c": 0.16186,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E04E

secondary

#3239A9

accent

#17DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E04E

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

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