#E9E24E#E9E24E

#E9E24E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.164 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E24E
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 78)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -14.65, 69.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 71.47, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.0469 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.164 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.1781, 72.2685, 17.8802)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E24E #4E55E9

analogous

#E9944E #E9E24E #A2E94E

triadic

#E9E24E #4EE9E2 #E24EE9

tetradic

#E9E24E #4EE994 #4E55E9 #E94EA2

square

#E9E24E #4EE994 #4E55E9 #E94EA2

split-complementary

#E9E24E #4EA2E9 #944EE9

monochromatic

#A8A115 #DED51C #E9E24E #F0EB84 #F7F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E9E24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E24E

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E24E	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.164 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea87',
    500: '#e9e24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e24e;
$custom-light: #f4ea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.29,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89236,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E24E

secondary

#3237A9

accent

#15DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E24E

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

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