#E9E14E#E9E14E

#E9E14E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.163 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E14E
RGBrgb(233, 225, 78)
HSLhsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(57, 67%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.84, -14.16, 69.69)
CIE-LCHlch(87.84, 71.12, 101.48°)
OKLaboklab(89.03% -0.0455 0.1563)
OKLCHoklch(89.03% 0.163 106.2)
XYZxyz(61.9070, 71.7263, 17.7898)
Luminance0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E14E #4E56E9
analogous
#E9934E #E9E14E #A3E94E
triadic
#E9E14E #4EE9E1 #E14EE9
tetradic
#E9E14E #4EE993 #4E56E9 #E94EA3
square
#E9E14E #4EE993 #4E56E9 #E94EA3
split-complementary
#E9E14E #4EA3E9 #934EE9
monochromatic
#A8A015 #DED41C #E9E14E #F0EA84 #F7F3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#E9E14E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34
#E9E14E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E14E
15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E14E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E14E1.001.3715.3415.34
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3421.001.001.00
##00000015.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F4D939
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7DF58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAD3C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.163 106.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea87',
    500: '#e9e14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e14e;
$custom-light: #f4ea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.903,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89028,
    "c": 0.16278,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E14E
secondary
#3238A9
accent
#16DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E14E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva