#E9E27D#E9E27D

#E9E27D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.124 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E27D
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 125)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 46.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -11.22, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 51.16, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0322 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.124 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.5038, 73.1988, 30.1290)
Luminance	0.7320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E27D #7D84E9

analogous

#E9AC7D #E9E27D #BAE97D

triadic

#E9E27D #7DE9E2 #E27DE9

tetradic

#E9E27D #7DE9AC #7D84E9 #E97DBA

square

#E9E27D #7DE9AC #7D84E9 #E97DBA

split-complementary

#E9E27D #7DBAE9 #AC7DE9

monochromatic

#CABF22 #E0D649 #E9E27D #F2EEB1 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E27D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#E9E27D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E27D

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E27D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E27D	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e27d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.124 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa4',
    500: '#e9e27d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e27d;
$custom-light: #f2eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e27d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89733,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E27D

secondary

#4850C2

accent

#1FD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E27D

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

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