#E9E27A#E9E27A

#E9E27A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.127 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E27A
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 122)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -11.50, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 52.58, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0333 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.127 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3150, 73.1233, 29.1349)
Luminance	0.7312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E27A #7A81E9

analogous

#E9AB7A #E9E27A #B9E97A

triadic

#E9E27A #7AE9E2 #E27AE9

tetradic

#E9E27A #7AE9AB #7A81E9 #E97AB9

square

#E9E27A #7AE9AB #7A81E9 #E97AB9

split-complementary

#E9E27A #7AB9E9 #AB7AE9

monochromatic

#C8BD21 #E0D745 #E9E27A #F2EDAF #FAF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E27A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E9E27A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E27A

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E27A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E27A	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e27a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.127 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa2',
    500: '#e9e27a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e27a;
$custom-light: #f2eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e27a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.216,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89693,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E27A

secondary

#464EC1

accent

#1ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E27A

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

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