#E9E35C#E9E35C

#E9E35C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.154 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E35C
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -14.31, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 66.30, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0445 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.154 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0072, 73.0365, 20.9016)
Luminance	0.7304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E35C #5C62E9

analogous

#E99C5C #E9E35C #A8E95C

triadic

#E9E35C #5CE9E3 #E35CE9

tetradic

#E9E35C #5CE99C #5C62E9 #E95CA8

square

#E9E35C #5CE99C #5C62E9 #E95CA8

split-complementary

#E9E35C #5CA8E9 #9C5CE9

monochromatic

#B3AC18 #E2DA26 #E9E35C #F0EC92 #F8F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E9E35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E35C

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E35C	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.154 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb90',
    500: '#e9e35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e35c;
$custom-light: #f3eb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89562,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E35C

secondary

#363CB3

accent

#16D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E35C

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

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