#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
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 79)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -15.58, 70.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 71.82, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0494 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.165 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7612, 73.3770, 18.2528)
Luminance	0.7338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E44F	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9E44F

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

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