#E9E532#E9E532

#E9E532 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.182 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E532
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 78.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -17.32, 79.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 81.62, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.69% -0.0568 0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(89.69% 0.182 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2018, 73.5947, 13.9457)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E532 #3236E9

analogous

#E98A32 #E9E532 #91E932

triadic

#E9E532 #32E9E5 #E532E9

tetradic

#E9E532 #32E98A #3236E9 #E93291

square

#E9E532 #32E98A #3236E9 #E93291

split-complementary

#E9E532 #3291E9 #8A32E9

monochromatic

#918E10 #C8C415 #E9E532 #EFEC69 #F5F3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#E9E532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E532

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E532	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)

#F8DC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.182 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec7a',
    500: '#e9e532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e532;
$custom-light: #f4ec7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.689,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89692,
    "c": 0.18192,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E532

secondary

#2A2C96

accent

#35F731

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E532

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

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