#E9E16D#E9E16D

#E9E16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.138 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E16D
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -12.10, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 58.16, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0363 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.138 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.2916, 72.2802, 25.0825)
Luminance	0.7228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E16D #6D75E9

analogous

#E9A36D #E9E16D #B3E96D

triadic

#E9E16D #6DE9E1 #E16DE9

tetradic

#E9E16D #6DE9A3 #6D75E9 #E96DB3

square

#E9E16D #6DE9A3 #6D75E9 #E96DB3

split-complementary

#E9E16D #6DB3E9 #A36DE9

monochromatic

#BFB41D #E1D638 #E9E16D #F1ECA2 #F9F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E9E16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E16D

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E16D	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.138 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9a',
    500: '#e9e16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e16d;
$custom-light: #f2ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89325,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E16D

secondary

#3C45BE

accent

#1CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E16D

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

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