#E9E44F#E9E44F

#E9E44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.165 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E44F
RGBrgb(233, 228, 79)
HSLhsl(58, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(58, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.63, -15.58, 70.11)
CIE-LCHlch(88.63, 71.82, 102.53°)
OKLaboklab(89.66% -0.0494 0.1574)
OKLCHoklch(89.66% 0.165 107.4)
XYZxyz(62.7612, 73.3770, 18.2528)
Luminance0.7338 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E44F #4F54E9
analogous
#E9974F #E9E44F #A1E94F
triadic
#E9E44F #4FE9E4 #E44FE9
tetradic
#E9E44F #4FE997 #4F54E9 #E94FA1
square
#E9E44F #4FE997 #4F54E9 #E94FA1
split-complementary
#E9E44F #4FA1E9 #974FE9
monochromatic
#A9A415 #DFD91C #E9E44F #F0EC85 #F7F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34
#E9E44F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68
#E9E44F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E44F
15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E44F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E44F1.001.3415.6815.68
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.6821.001.001.00
##00000015.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DB3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E159
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.165 107.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec88',
    500: '#e9e44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e44f;
$custom-light: #f4ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.052,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8966,
    "c": 0.16492,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E44F
secondary
#3236AA
accent
#12DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E44F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva