#E9E06A#E9E06A

#E9E06A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.140 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E06A
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -11.84, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 59.11, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.0359 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.14 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.8634, 71.6776, 24.1566)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E06A #6A73E9

analogous

#E9A16A #E9E06A #B3E96A

triadic

#E9E06A #6AE9E0 #E06AE9

tetradic

#E9E06A #6AE9A1 #6A73E9 #E96AB3

square

#E9E06A #6AE9A1 #6A73E9 #E96AB3

split-complementary

#E9E06A #6AB3E9 #A16AE9

monochromatic

#BDB11C #E1D535 #E9E06A #F1EB9F #F9F6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E06A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E9E06A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E06A

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E06A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E06A	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e06a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.140 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e998',
    500: '#e9e06a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e06a;
$custom-light: #f2e998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e06a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89085,
    "c": 0.13972,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E06A

secondary

#3B44BC

accent

#1DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E06A

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

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