#E9E36F#E9E36F

#E9E36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.138 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E36F
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 111)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.64, -12.93, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.64, 58.06, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0385 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.138 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.9444, 73.4114, 25.8373)
Luminance	0.7341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E36F #6F75E9

analogous

#E9A66F #E9E36F #B2E96F

triadic

#E9E36F #6FE9E3 #E36FE9

tetradic

#E9E36F #6FE9A6 #6F75E9 #E96FB2

square

#E9E36F #6FE9A6 #6F75E9 #E96FB2

split-complementary

#E9E36F #6FB2E9 #A66FE9

monochromatic

#C0B81D #E1D93A #E9E36F #F1EDA4 #F9F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E9E36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E36F

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E36F	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)

#F3DC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E175

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.138 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb9b',
    500: '#e9e36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e36f;
$custom-light: #f2eb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89762,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E36F

secondary

#3D44BF

accent

#1AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E36F

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

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