#E9E17C#E9E17C

#E9E17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.124 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E17C
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 46.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -10.82, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 51.22, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0311 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.124 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.1691, 72.6311, 29.7039)
Luminance	0.7263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E17C #7C84E9

analogous

#E9AA7C #E9E17C #BBE97C

triadic

#E9E17C #7CE9E1 #E17CE9

tetradic

#E9E17C #7CE9AA #7C84E9 #E97CBB

square

#E9E17C #7CE9AA #7C84E9 #E97CBB

split-complementary

#E9E17C #7CBBE9 #AA7CE9

monochromatic

#C9BD22 #E0D548 #E9E17C #F2EDB0 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E9E17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E17C

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E17C	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.124 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa4',
    500: '#e9e17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e17c;
$custom-light: #f2eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89514,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E17C

secondary

#4851C2

accent

#20D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E17C

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

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