#E9E344#E9E344

#E9E344 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.171 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E344
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.30, -15.64, 73.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.30, 75.43, 101.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0506 0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.171 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.1191, 72.6813, 16.2244)
Luminance	0.7268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E344 #444AE9

analogous

#E99144 #E9E344 #9DE944

triadic

#E9E344 #44E9E3 #E344E9

tetradic

#E9E344 #44E991 #444AE9 #E9449D

square

#E9E344 #44E991 #444AE9 #E9449D

split-complementary

#E9E344 #449DE9 #9144E9

monochromatic

#A09B13 #D7D019 #E9E344 #EFEB7B #F6F3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#E9E344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E344

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E344	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.171 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eb82',
    500: '#e9e344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e344;
$custom-light: #f4eb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89373,
    "c": 0.17096,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E344

secondary

#2F33A2

accent

#39F532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E344

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

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