#E9E36D#E9E36D

#E9E36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.140 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E36D
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -13.09, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 58.96, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0392 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8355, 73.3678, 25.2638)
Luminance	0.7337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E36D #6D73E9

analogous

#E9A56D #E9E36D #B1E96D

triadic

#E9E36D #6DE9E3 #E36DE9

tetradic

#E9E36D #6DE9A5 #6D73E9 #E96DB1

square

#E9E36D #6DE9A5 #6D73E9 #E96DB1

split-complementary

#E9E36D #6DB1E9 #A56DE9

monochromatic

#BFB71D #E1D938 #E9E36D #F1EDA2 #F9F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E9E36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E36D

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E36D	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)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb9a',
    500: '#e9e36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e36d;
$custom-light: #f2eb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89739,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E36D

secondary

#3C43BE

accent

#19D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E36D

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

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