#E9E06D#E9E06D

#E9E06D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.137 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E06D
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -11.60, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 57.76, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0349 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.137 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0221, 71.7411, 24.9927)
Luminance	0.7174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E06D #6D76E9

analogous

#E9A26D #E9E06D #B4E96D

triadic

#E9E06D #6DE9E0 #E06DE9

tetradic

#E9E06D #6DE9A2 #6D76E9 #E96DB4

square

#E9E06D #6DE9A2 #6D76E9 #E96DB4

split-complementary

#E9E06D #6DB4E9 #A26DE9

monochromatic

#BFB31D #E1D538 #E9E06D #F1EBA2 #F9F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E9E06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E06D

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E06D	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.137 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e99a',
    500: '#e9e06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e06d;
$custom-light: #f2e99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89119,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E06D

secondary

#3C46BE

accent

#1ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E06D

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

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