#E9E35E#E9E35E

#E9E35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.153 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E35E
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -14.18, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 65.47, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0439 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.153 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.0958, 73.0719, 21.3681)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E35E #5E64E9

analogous

#E99E5E #E9E35E #AAE95E

triadic

#E9E35E #5EE9E3 #E35EE9

tetradic

#E9E35E #5EE99E #5E64E9 #E95EAA

square

#E9E35E #5EE99E #5E64E9 #E95EAA

split-complementary

#E9E35E #5EAAE9 #9E5EE9

monochromatic

#B4AD19 #E2DA28 #E9E35E #F0EC94 #F8F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#E9E35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E35E

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E35E	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	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)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.153 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb91',
    500: '#e9e35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e35e;
$custom-light: #f3eb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89581,
    "c": 0.15285,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E35E

secondary

#373CB4

accent

#16D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E35E

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

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