#E9E16C#E9E16C

#E9E16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.139 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E16C
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.09, -12.18, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.09, 58.61, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0366 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.139 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.2381, 72.2587, 24.8006)
Luminance	0.7226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E16C #6C74E9

analogous

#E9A36C #E9E16C #B3E96C

triadic

#E9E16C #6CE9E1 #E16CE9

tetradic

#E9E16C #6CE9A3 #6C74E9 #E96CB3

square

#E9E16C #6CE9A3 #6C74E9 #E96CB3

split-complementary

#E9E16C #6CB3E9 #A36CE9

monochromatic

#BEB41C #E1D637 #E9E16C #F1ECA1 #F9F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E9E16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E16C

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E16C	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)

#F2DA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.139 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea99',
    500: '#e9e16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e16c;
$custom-light: #f2ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89314,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E16C

secondary

#3C44BD

accent

#1CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E16C

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

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