#E9E272#E9E272

#E9E272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.134 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E272
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -12.19, 54.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 56.29, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0361 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.134 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8396, 72.9331, 26.6310)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E272 #7279E9

analogous

#E9A772 #E9E272 #B4E972

triadic

#E9E272 #72E9E2 #E272E9

tetradic

#E9E272 #72E9A7 #7279E9 #E972B4

square

#E9E272 #72E9A7 #7279E9 #E972B4

split-complementary

#E9E272 #72B4E9 #A772E9

monochromatic

#C2B91E #E1D73D #E9E272 #F1EDA7 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E9E272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E272

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E272	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.134 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9d',
    500: '#e9e272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e272;
$custom-light: #f2ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89591,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E272

secondary

#3E46C1

accent

#1CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E272

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

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