#E9E172#E9E172

#E9E172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.133 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E172
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -11.69, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 55.88, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0346 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.133 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5685, 72.3909, 26.5406)
Luminance	0.7239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E172 #727AE9

analogous

#E9A572 #E9E172 #B6E972

triadic

#E9E172 #72E9E1 #E172E9

tetradic

#E9E172 #72E9A5 #727AE9 #E972B6

square

#E9E172 #72E9A5 #727AE9 #E972B6

split-complementary

#E9E172 #72B6E9 #A572E9

monochromatic

#C2B71E #E1D63D #E9E172 #F1ECA7 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E9E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E172

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E172	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.133 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9d',
    500: '#e9e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e172;
$custom-light: #f2ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89385,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E172

secondary

#3E47C1

accent

#1ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E172

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

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