#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
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -14.16, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 71.12, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0455 0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.163 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.9070, 71.7263, 17.7898)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E9E14E	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9E14E

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

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