#E9E370#E9E370

#E9E370 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.137 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E370
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -12.85, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 57.61, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0382 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.137 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.9997, 73.4335, 26.1289)
Luminance	0.7343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E370 #7076E9

analogous

#E9A770 #E9E370 #B2E970

triadic

#E9E370 #70E9E3 #E370E9

tetradic

#E9E370 #70E9A7 #7076E9 #E970B2

square

#E9E370 #70E9A7 #7076E9 #E970B2

split-complementary

#E9E370 #70B2E9 #A770E9

monochromatic

#C1B91E #E1D93B #E9E370 #F1EDA5 #F9F8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E9E370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E370

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E370	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.137 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb9c',
    500: '#e9e370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e370;
$custom-light: #f2eb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89774,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E370

secondary

#3E44C0

accent

#1AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E370

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

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