#E9E173#E9E173

#E9E173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.132 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E173
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -11.61, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 55.42, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0343 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.132 105)
XYZ	xyz(63.6257, 72.4138, 26.8420)
Luminance	0.7241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E173 #737BE9

analogous

#E9A673 #E9E173 #B6E973

triadic

#E9E173 #73E9E1 #E173E9

tetradic

#E9E173 #73E9A6 #737BE9 #E973B6

square

#E9E173 #73E9A6 #737BE9 #E973B6

split-complementary

#E9E173 #73B6E9 #A673E9

monochromatic

#C3B81F #E1D63E #E9E173 #F1ECA8 #FAF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E9E173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E173

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E173	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)

#F1DA69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.132 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9e',
    500: '#e9e173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e173;
$custom-light: #f2ea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89397,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.72412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E173

secondary

#3F48C1

accent

#1ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E173

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

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