#E9E244#E9E244

#E9E244 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.170 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E244
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 68)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -15.15, 73.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 75.08, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0492 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.17 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8464, 72.1359, 16.1335)
Luminance	0.7213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E244 #444BE9

analogous

#E99044 #E9E244 #9DE944

triadic

#E9E244 #44E9E2 #E244E9

tetradic

#E9E244 #44E990 #444BE9 #E9449D

square

#E9E244 #44E990 #444BE9 #E9449D

split-complementary

#E9E244 #449DE9 #9044E9

monochromatic

#A09A13 #D7CF19 #E9E244 #EFEA7B #F6F3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#E9E244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E244

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E244	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5D928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.170 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea82',
    500: '#e9e244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e244;
$custom-light: #f4ea82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.455,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89164,
    "c": 0.17005,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E244

secondary

#2F34A2

accent

#3BF532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E244

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

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