#E9E45A#E9E45A

#E9E45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.157 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E45A
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -14.93, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 67.51, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.75% -0.0464 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(89.75% 0.157 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1952, 73.5506, 20.5387)
Luminance	0.7355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E45A #5A5FE9

analogous

#E99C5A #E9E45A #A6E95A

triadic

#E9E45A #5AE9E4 #E45AE9

tetradic

#E9E45A #5AE99C #5A5FE9 #E95AA6

square

#E9E45A #5AE99C #5A5FE9 #E95AA6

split-complementary

#E9E45A #5AA6E9 #9C5AE9

monochromatic

#B1AC18 #E2DB24 #E9E45A #F0ED90 #F7F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E9E45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E45A

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E45A	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.157 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8e',
    500: '#e9e45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e45a;
$custom-light: #f3ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89752,
    "c": 0.15697,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E45A

secondary

#363AB1

accent

#14D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E45A

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

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