#E9E16B#E9E16B

#E9E16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.140 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E16B
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -12.26, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 59.06, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.037 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.14 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.1852, 72.2376, 24.5219)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E16B #6B73E9

analogous

#E9A26B #E9E16B #B2E96B

triadic

#E9E16B #6BE9E1 #E16BE9

tetradic

#E9E16B #6BE9A2 #6B73E9 #E96BB2

square

#E9E16B #6BE9A2 #6B73E9 #E96BB2

split-complementary

#E9E16B #6BB2E9 #A26BE9

monochromatic

#BDB31C #E1D636 #E9E16B #F1ECA0 #F9F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E9E16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E16B

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E16B	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.140 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea99',
    500: '#e9e16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e16b;
$custom-light: #f2ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89303,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E16B

secondary

#3C44BC

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E16B

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

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