#E9E16A#E9E16A

#E9E16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.141 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E16A
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -12.33, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 59.50, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0373 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.141 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.1329, 72.2167, 24.2465)
Luminance	0.7221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E16A #6A72E9

analogous

#E9A26A #E9E16A #B2E96A

triadic

#E9E16A #6AE9E1 #E16AE9

tetradic

#E9E16A #6AE9A2 #6A72E9 #E96AB2

square

#E9E16A #6AE9A2 #6A72E9 #E96AB2

split-complementary

#E9E16A #6AB2E9 #A26AE9

monochromatic

#BDB31C #E1D635 #E9E16A #F1EC9F #F9F6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#E9E16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E16A

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E16A	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)

#F2DA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.141 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea98',
    500: '#e9e16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e16a;
$custom-light: #f2ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89291,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E16A

secondary

#3B43BC

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E16A

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

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