#E9E36E#E9E36E

#E9E36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.139 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E36E
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -13.01, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 58.51, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0388 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.139 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8896, 73.3895, 25.5489)
Luminance	0.7339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E36E #6E74E9

analogous

#E9A56E #E9E36E #B2E96E

triadic

#E9E36E #6EE9E3 #E36EE9

tetradic

#E9E36E #6EE9A5 #6E74E9 #E96EB2

square

#E9E36E #6EE9A5 #6E74E9 #E96EB2

split-complementary

#E9E36E #6EB2E9 #A56EE9

monochromatic

#C0B81D #E1D939 #E9E36E #F1EDA3 #F9F8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E9E36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E36E

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E36E	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.139 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb9b',
    500: '#e9e36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e36e;
$custom-light: #f2eb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8975,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E36E

secondary

#3D43BE

accent

#19D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E36E

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

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