#E9E34A#E9E34A

#E9E34A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.167 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E34A
RGBrgb(233, 227, 74)
HSLhsl(58, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(58, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.6%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.33, -15.35, 71.69)
CIE-LCHlch(88.33, 73.31, 102.09°)
OKLaboklab(89.41% -0.0492 0.1599)
OKLCHoklch(89.41% 0.167 107.1)
XYZxyz(62.3117, 72.7583, 17.2387)
Luminance0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E34A #4A50E9
analogous
#E9944A #E9E34A #9FE94A
triadic
#E9E34A #4AE9E3 #E34AE9
tetradic
#E9E34A #4AE994 #4A50E9 #E94A9F
square
#E9E34A #4AE994 #4A50E9 #E94A9F
split-complementary
#E9E34A #4A9FE9 #944AE9
monochromatic
#A59F14 #DBD41B #E9E34A #F0EB81 #F6F4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35
#E9E34A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55
#E9E34A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E34A
15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E34A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E34A1.001.3515.5515.55
#FFFFFF1.351.0021.0021.00
#00000015.5521.001.001.00
##00000015.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DA32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E054
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAD4C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.167 107.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eb85',
    500: '#e9e34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e34a;
$custom-light: #f4eb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89414,
    "c": 0.16727,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E34A
secondary
#3135A7
accent
#13DB0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18160C
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E34A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva