#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
RGBrgb(233, 228, 94)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(58, 60%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.74, -14.67, 64.20)
CIE-LCHlch(88.74, 65.86, 102.88°)
OKLaboklab(89.79% -0.0453 0.147)
OKLCHoklch(89.79% 0.154 107.1)
XYZxyz(63.3701, 73.6205, 21.4596)
Luminance0.7362 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E9E45E1.001.3415.7215.72
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7221.001.001.00
##00000015.7221.001.001.00

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

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#E9E45E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva