#E9E444#E9E444

#E9E444 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.172 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E444
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 68)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.56, -16.13, 74.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.56, 75.78, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.052 0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.172 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.3934, 73.2299, 16.3159)
Luminance	0.7323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E444 #4449E9

analogous

#E99244 #E9E444 #9CE944

triadic

#E9E444 #44E9E4 #E444E9

tetradic

#E9E444 #44E992 #4449E9 #E9449C

square

#E9E444 #44E992 #4449E9 #E9449C

split-complementary

#E9E444 #449CE9 #9244E9

monochromatic

#A09C13 #D7D119 #E9E444 #EFEC7B #F6F4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#E9E444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E444

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E444	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.172 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec82',
    500: '#e9e444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e444;
$custom-light: #f4ec82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89582,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E444

secondary

#2F32A2

accent

#38F532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E444

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

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