#E9E293#E9E293

#E9E293 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.100 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E293
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 147)
HSL	hsl(55, 66%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -8.98, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 40.50, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0239 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.1 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.0680, 73.8245, 38.3673)
Luminance	0.7382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E293 #939AE9

analogous

#E9B793 #E9E293 #C5E993

triadic

#E9E293 #93E9E2 #E293E9

tetradic

#E9E293 #93E9B7 #939AE9 #E993C5

square

#E9E293 #93E9B7 #939AE9 #E993C5

split-complementary

#E9E293 #93C5E9 #B793E9

monochromatic

#D4C72D #DFD460 #E9E293 #F3F0C6 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E293 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E9E293 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E293

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E293	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E293	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e293;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.100 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ebb3',
    500: '#e9e293',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e293;
$custom-light: #f1ebb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e293",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90065,
    "c": 0.09992,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E293

secondary

#5D65C3

accent

#26CE17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E293

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

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