#E9E44A#E9E44A

#E9E44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.168 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E44A
RGBrgb(233, 228, 74)
HSLhsl(58, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(58, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.59, -15.84, 71.95)
CIE-LCHlch(88.59, 73.67, 102.42°)
OKLaboklab(89.62% -0.0506 0.1604)
OKLCHoklch(89.62% 0.168 107.5)
XYZxyz(62.5860, 73.3069, 17.3301)
Luminance0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E44A #4A4FE9
analogous
#E9944A #E9E44A #9FE94A
triadic
#E9E44A #4AE9E4 #E44AE9
tetradic
#E9E44A #4AE994 #4A4FE9 #E94A9F
square
#E9E44A #4AE994 #4A4FE9 #E94A9F
split-complementary
#E9E44A #4A9FE9 #944AE9
monochromatic
#A5A014 #DBD51B #E9E44A #F0EC81 #F6F4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34
#E9E44A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.66
#E9E44A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E44A
15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E44A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E44A1.001.3415.6615.66
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.6621.001.001.00
##00000015.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DB32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E155
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D5C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.168 107.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec85',
    500: '#e9e44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e44a;
$custom-light: #f4ec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.113,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89623,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E44A
secondary
#3134A7
accent
#11DB0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18160C
muted
#86847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E44A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva