#E9E06E#E9E06E

#E9E06E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.136 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E06E
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -11.52, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 57.31, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0346 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.136 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0762, 71.7627, 25.2778)
Luminance	0.7176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E06E #6E77E9

analogous

#E9A36E #E9E06E #B4E96E

triadic

#E9E06E #6EE9E0 #E06EE9

tetradic

#E9E06E #6EE9A3 #6E77E9 #E96EB4

square

#E9E06E #6EE9A3 #6E77E9 #E96EB4

split-complementary

#E9E06E #6EB4E9 #A36EE9

monochromatic

#C0B41D #E1D539 #E9E06E #F1EBA3 #F9F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E06E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#E9E06E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E06E

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E06E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E06E	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)

#F1D963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e06e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.136 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e99b',
    500: '#e9e06e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e06e;
$custom-light: #f2e99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e06e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89131,
    "c": 0.13607,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E06E

secondary

#3D46BE

accent

#1ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E06E

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

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