#E9E36A#E9E36A

#E9E36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.143 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E36A
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -13.32, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 60.30, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0401 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6767, 73.3043, 24.4278)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E36A #6A70E9

analogous

#E9A46A #E9E36A #B0E96A

triadic

#E9E36A #6AE9E3 #E36AE9

tetradic

#E9E36A #6AE9A4 #6A70E9 #E96AB0

square

#E9E36A #6AE9A4 #6A70E9 #E96AB0

split-complementary

#E9E36A #6AB0E9 #A46AE9

monochromatic

#BDB51C #E1D935 #E9E36A #F1ED9F #F9F7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E9E36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E36A

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E36A	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb98',
    500: '#e9e36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e36a;
$custom-light: #f2eb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89705,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E36A

secondary

#3B41BC

accent

#19D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E36A

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

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