#E9E544#E9E544

#E9E544 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.173 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E544
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 70.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -16.62, 74.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 76.13, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0534 0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.173 108)
XYZ	xyz(62.6693, 73.7817, 16.4078)
Luminance	0.7378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E544 #4448E9

analogous

#E99244 #E9E544 #9BE944

triadic

#E9E544 #44E9E5 #E544E9

tetradic

#E9E544 #44E992 #4448E9 #E9449B

square

#E9E544 #44E992 #4448E9 #E9449B

split-complementary

#E9E544 #449BE9 #9244E9

monochromatic

#A09C13 #D7D219 #E9E544 #EFED7B #F6F4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#E9E544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E544

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E544	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.173 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec82',
    500: '#e9e544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e544;
$custom-light: #f4ec82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.545,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89791,
    "c": 0.17281,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.7378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E544

secondary

#2F32A2

accent

#37F532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E544

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

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