#E9E372#E9E372

#E9E372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.135 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E372
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -12.69, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 56.69, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0375 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.135 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1123, 73.4786, 26.7219)
Luminance	0.7348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E372 #7278E9

analogous

#E9A772 #E9E372 #B3E972

triadic

#E9E372 #72E9E3 #E372E9

tetradic

#E9E372 #72E9A7 #7278E9 #E972B3

square

#E9E372 #72E9A7 #7278E9 #E972B3

split-complementary

#E9E372 #72B3E9 #A772E9

monochromatic

#C2BA1E #E1D83D #E9E372 #F1EEA7 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E9E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E372

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E372	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.135 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eb9d',
    500: '#e9e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e372;
$custom-light: #f2eb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89798,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E372

secondary

#3E45C1

accent

#1AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E372

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

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