#E9E144#E9E144

#E9E144 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.169 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E144
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.77, -14.66, 73.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.77, 74.73, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0479 0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.169 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.5753, 71.5936, 16.0432)
Luminance	0.7159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E144 #444CE9

analogous

#E98F44 #E9E144 #9FE944

triadic

#E9E144 #44E9E1 #E144E9

tetradic

#E9E144 #44E98F #444CE9 #E9449F

square

#E9E144 #44E98F #444CE9 #E9449F

split-complementary

#E9E144 #449FE9 #8F44E9

monochromatic

#A09913 #D7CD19 #E9E144 #EFEA7B #F6F3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#E9E144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E144

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E144	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.169 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea82',
    500: '#e9e144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e144;
$custom-light: #f4ea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.091,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88956,
    "c": 0.16913,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E144

secondary

#2F34A2

accent

#3CF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E144

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

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