#E9E44E#E9E44E

#E9E44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.166 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E44E
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -15.63, 70.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 72.20, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0496 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.166 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7251, 73.3625, 18.0625)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E44E #4E53E9

analogous

#E9974E #E9E44E #A0E94E

triadic

#E9E44E #4EE9E4 #E44EE9

tetradic

#E9E44E #4EE997 #4E53E9 #E94EA0

square

#E9E44E #4EE997 #4E53E9 #E94EA0

split-complementary

#E9E44E #4EA0E9 #974EE9

monochromatic

#A8A315 #DED81C #E9E44E #F0EC84 #F7F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E9E44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E44E

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E44E	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.166 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec88',
    500: '#e9e44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e44e;
$custom-light: #f4ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89652,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E44E

secondary

#3236A9

accent

#12DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E44E

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

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