#E9E36B#E9E36B

#E9E36B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.142 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E36B
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -13.25, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 59.85, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0398 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.142 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7290, 73.3252, 24.7032)
Luminance	0.7332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E36B #6B71E9

analogous

#E9A46B #E9E36B #B0E96B

triadic

#E9E36B #6BE9E3 #E36BE9

tetradic

#E9E36B #6BE9A4 #6B71E9 #E96BB0

square

#E9E36B #6BE9A4 #6B71E9 #E96BB0

split-complementary

#E9E36B #6BB0E9 #A46BE9

monochromatic

#BDB61C #E1D936 #E9E36B #F1EDA0 #F9F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66

#E9E36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E36B

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E36B	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)

#F4DB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.142 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb99',
    500: '#e9e36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e36b;
$custom-light: #f2eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89716,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E36B

secondary

#3C42BC

accent

#19D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E36B

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

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