#E9E080#E9E080

#E9E080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.118 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E080
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 128)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -9.94, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 48.90, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0282 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.118 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.1577, 72.1953, 30.9733)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E080 #8089E9

analogous

#E9AB80 #E9E080 #BDE980

triadic

#E9E080 #80E9E0 #E080E9

tetradic

#E9E080 #80E9AB #8089E9 #E980BD

square

#E9E080 #80E9AB #8089E9 #E980BD

split-complementary

#E9E080 #80BDE9 #AB80E9

monochromatic

#CBBD23 #E0D34C #E9E080 #F2EDB4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E9E080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E080

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E080	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDA78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.118 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e9a6',
    500: '#e9e080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e080;
$custom-light: #f2e9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89364,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E080

secondary

#4B55C2

accent

#23D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E080

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

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