#E9E070#E9E070

#E9E070 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.134 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E070
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 112)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -11.36, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 56.40, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0339 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.134 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1864, 71.8068, 25.8578)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E070 #7079E9

analogous

#E9A370 #E9E070 #B6E970

triadic

#E9E070 #70E9E0 #E070E9

tetradic

#E9E070 #70E9A3 #7079E9 #E970B6

square

#E9E070 #70E9A3 #7079E9 #E970B6

split-complementary

#E9E070 #70B6E9 #A370E9

monochromatic

#C1B51E #E1D53B #E9E070 #F1EBA5 #F9F7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E070 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E9E070 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E070

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E070	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E070	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D965

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e070;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.134 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e99c',
    500: '#e9e070',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e070;
$custom-light: #f2e99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e070",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89155,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E070

secondary

#3E47C0

accent

#1FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E070

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

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