#E9E174#E9E174

#E9E174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.131 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E174
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -11.52, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 54.96, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0339 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.131 105)
XYZ	xyz(63.6836, 72.4369, 27.1467)
Luminance	0.7244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E174 #747CE9

analogous

#E9A674 #E9E174 #B7E974

triadic

#E9E174 #74E9E1 #E174E9

tetradic

#E9E174 #74E9A6 #747CE9 #E974B7

square

#E9E174 #74E9A6 #747CE9 #E974B7

split-complementary

#E9E174 #74B7E9 #A674E9

monochromatic

#C4B81F #E1D63F #E9E174 #F1ECA9 #FAF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E9E174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E174

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E174	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.131 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9f',
    500: '#e9e174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e174;
$custom-light: #f2ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8941,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.72435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E174

secondary

#4049C1

accent

#1ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E174

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

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