#E9E45E#E9E45E

#E9E45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.154 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E45E
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -14.67, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 65.86, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0453 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.154 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.3701, 73.6205, 21.4596)
Luminance	0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E45E #5E63E9

analogous

#E99F5E #E9E45E #A9E95E

triadic

#E9E45E #5EE9E4 #E45EE9

tetradic

#E9E45E #5EE99F #5E63E9 #E95EA9

square

#E9E45E #5EE99F #5E63E9 #E95EA9

split-complementary

#E9E45E #5EA9E9 #9F5EE9

monochromatic

#B4AE19 #E2DB28 #E9E45E #F0ED94 #F8F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E9E45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E45E

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E45E	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.154 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec91',
    500: '#e9e45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e45e;
$custom-light: #f3ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.842,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89789,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E45E

secondary

#373CB4

accent

#15D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E45E

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

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