#E9E331#E9E331

#E9E331 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.181 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E331
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 79%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -16.38, 79.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 81.23, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0543 0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.181 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6303, 72.4858, 13.6499)
Luminance	0.7248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E331 #3137E9

analogous

#E98731 #E9E331 #93E931

triadic

#E9E331 #31E9E3 #E331E9

tetradic

#E9E331 #31E987 #3137E9 #E93193

square

#E9E331 #31E987 #3137E9 #E93193

split-complementary

#E9E331 #3193E9 #8731E9

monochromatic

#908C0F #C7C215 #E9E331 #EFEB68 #F5F2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E9E331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E331

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E331	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.181 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eb79',
    500: '#e9e331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e331;
$custom-light: #f4eb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.043,
    "s": 80.702,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89269,
    "c": 0.18057,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E331

secondary

#292D95

accent

#37F731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E331

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

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