#E9E371#E9E371

#E9E371 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.136 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E371
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -12.77, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 57.15, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0378 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.136 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.0557, 73.4559, 26.4237)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E371 #7177E9

analogous

#E9A771 #E9E371 #B3E971

triadic

#E9E371 #71E9E3 #E371E9

tetradic

#E9E371 #71E9A7 #7177E9 #E971B3

square

#E9E371 #71E9A7 #7177E9 #E971B3

split-complementary

#E9E371 #71B3E9 #A771E9

monochromatic

#C2B91E #E1D93C #E9E371 #F1EDA6 #F9F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E9E371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E371

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E371	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)

#F3DC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.136 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb9d',
    500: '#e9e371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e371;
$custom-light: #f2eb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89786,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E371

secondary

#3E45C0

accent

#1AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E371

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

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