#E9E45B#E9E45B

#E9E45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.156 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E45B
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -14.87, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 67.10, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0461 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.156 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.2381, 73.5677, 20.7643)
Luminance	0.7357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E45B #5B60E9

analogous

#E99D5B #E9E45B #A7E95B

triadic

#E9E45B #5BE9E4 #E45BE9

tetradic

#E9E45B #5BE99D #5B60E9 #E95BA7

square

#E9E45B #5BE99D #5B60E9 #E95BA7

split-complementary

#E9E45B #5BA7E9 #9D5BE9

monochromatic

#B2AC18 #E2DB25 #E9E45B #F0ED91 #F7F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E9E45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E45B

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E45B	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)

#F6DC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.156 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8f',
    500: '#e9e45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e45b;
$custom-light: #f3ec8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.887,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89761,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E45B

secondary

#363AB2

accent

#14D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E45B

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

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