#E9E06B#E9E06B

#E9E06B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.139 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E06B
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -11.76, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 58.66, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0356 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.139 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.9157, 71.6985, 24.4321)
Luminance	0.7170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E06B #6B74E9

analogous

#E9A16B #E9E06B #B3E96B

triadic

#E9E06B #6BE9E0 #E06BE9

tetradic

#E9E06B #6BE9A1 #6B74E9 #E96BB3

square

#E9E06B #6BE9A1 #6B74E9 #E96BB3

split-complementary

#E9E06B #6BB3E9 #A16BE9

monochromatic

#BDB21C #E1D536 #E9E06B #F1EBA0 #F9F6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E06B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#E9E06B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E06B

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E06B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E06B	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)

#F1D95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e06b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.139 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e999',
    500: '#e9e06b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e06b;
$custom-light: #f2e999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e06b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89096,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E06B

secondary

#3C45BC

accent

#1DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E06B

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

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