#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
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.59, -15.84, 71.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.59, 73.67, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0506 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.168 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.5860, 73.3069, 17.3301)
Luminance	0.7330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E44A	1.00	1.34	15.66	15.66
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9E44A

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

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