#E9E072#E9E072

#E9E072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.132 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E072
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -11.19, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 55.48, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0332 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.132 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.2990, 71.8518, 26.4507)
Luminance	0.7185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E072 #727BE9

analogous

#E9A472 #E9E072 #B6E972

triadic

#E9E072 #72E9E0 #E072E9

tetradic

#E9E072 #72E9A4 #727BE9 #E972B6

square

#E9E072 #72E9A4 #727BE9 #E972B6

split-complementary

#E9E072 #72B6E9 #A472E9

monochromatic

#C2B61E #E1D43D #E9E072 #F1ECA7 #FAF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E9E072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E072

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E072	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.132 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e99d',
    500: '#e9e072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e072;
$custom-light: #f2e99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89179,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E072

secondary

#3E48C1

accent

#1FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E072

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

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