#E9E45F#E9E45F

#E9E45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.153 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E45F
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 95)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -14.61, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 65.44, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.045 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.153 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4153, 73.6386, 21.6974)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E45F #5F64E9

analogous

#E99F5F #E9E45F #A9E95F

triadic

#E9E45F #5FE9E4 #E45FE9

tetradic

#E9E45F #5FE99F #5F64E9 #E95FA9

square

#E9E45F #5FE99F #5F64E9 #E95FA9

split-complementary

#E9E45F #5FA9E9 #9F5FE9

monochromatic

#B5AF19 #E2DB29 #E9E45F #F0ED95 #F8F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E9E45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E45F

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E45F	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.153 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec91',
    500: '#e9e45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e45f;
$custom-light: #f3ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89799,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E45F

secondary

#373CB5

accent

#15D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E45F

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

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