#E9E073#E9E073

#E9E073 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.131 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E073
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -11.11, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 55.02, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0329 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.131 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3562, 71.8747, 26.7522)
Luminance	0.7187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E073 #737CE9

analogous

#E9A573 #E9E073 #B7E973

triadic

#E9E073 #73E9E0 #E073E9

tetradic

#E9E073 #73E9A5 #737CE9 #E973B7

square

#E9E073 #73E9A5 #737CE9 #E973B7

split-complementary

#E9E073 #73B7E9 #A573E9

monochromatic

#C3B61F #E1D43E #E9E073 #F1ECA8 #FAF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E9E073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E073

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E073	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)

#F0D969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.131 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e99e',
    500: '#e9e073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e073;
$custom-light: #f2e99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89191,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E073

secondary

#3F49C1

accent

#20D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E073

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

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