#E9E34E#E9E34E

#E9E34E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.165 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E34E
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -15.14, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 71.84, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0482 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.165 107)
XYZ	xyz(62.4508, 72.8139, 17.9711)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E34E #4E54E9

analogous

#E9954E #E9E34E #A2E94E

triadic

#E9E34E #4EE9E3 #E34EE9

tetradic

#E9E34E #4EE995 #4E54E9 #E94EA2

square

#E9E34E #4EE995 #4E54E9 #E94EA2

split-complementary

#E9E34E #4EA2E9 #954EE9

monochromatic

#A8A215 #DED71C #E9E34E #F0EC84 #F7F4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E9E34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E34E

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E34E	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.165 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eb87',
    500: '#e9e34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e34e;
$custom-light: #f4eb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.677,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89444,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.72812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E34E

secondary

#3236A9

accent

#13DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E34E

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

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