#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
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -15.35, 71.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 73.31, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0492 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.167 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3117, 72.7583, 17.2387)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E9E34A	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9E34A

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

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