#E9E17A#E9E17A

#E9E17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.126 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E17A
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -11.00, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 52.16, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0318 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.126 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.0439, 72.5811, 29.0445)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E17A #7A82E9

analogous

#E9AA7A #E9E17A #B9E97A

triadic

#E9E17A #7AE9E1 #E17AE9

tetradic

#E9E17A #7AE9AA #7A82E9 #E97AB9

square

#E9E17A #7AE9AA #7A82E9 #E97AB9

split-complementary

#E9E17A #7AB9E9 #AA7AE9

monochromatic

#C8BC21 #E0D545 #E9E17A #F2EDAF #FAF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E9E17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E17A

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E17A	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.126 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa2',
    500: '#e9e17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e17a;
$custom-light: #f2eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89487,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E17A

secondary

#464FC1

accent

#20D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E17A

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

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