#E9E36C#E9E36C

#E9E36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.141 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E36C
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -13.17, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 59.41, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0395 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.141 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7820, 73.3464, 24.9819)
Luminance	0.7335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E36C #6C72E9

analogous

#E9A56C #E9E36C #B1E96C

triadic

#E9E36C #6CE9E3 #E36CE9

tetradic

#E9E36C #6CE9A5 #6C72E9 #E96CB1

square

#E9E36C #6CE9A5 #6C72E9 #E96CB1

split-complementary

#E9E36C #6CB1E9 #A56CE9

monochromatic

#BEB61C #E1D937 #E9E36C #F1EDA1 #F9F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E9E36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E36C

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E36C	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.141 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb99',
    500: '#e9e36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e36c;
$custom-light: #f2eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89727,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E36C

secondary

#3C42BD

accent

#19D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E36C

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

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