#E9E54E#E9E54E

#E9E54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.167 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E54E
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -16.12, 70.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 72.57, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.051 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.167 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.0010, 73.9143, 18.1545)
Luminance	0.7391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E54E #4E52E9

analogous

#E9974E #E9E54E #9FE94E

triadic

#E9E54E #4EE9E5 #E54EE9

tetradic

#E9E54E #4EE997 #4E52E9 #E94E9F

square

#E9E54E #4EE997 #4E52E9 #E94E9F

split-complementary

#E9E54E #4E9FE9 #974EE9

monochromatic

#A8A415 #DED91C #E9E54E #F0ED84 #F7F5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E9E54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E54E

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E54E	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.167 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec88',
    500: '#e9e54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e54e;
$custom-light: #f4ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.452,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89861,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E54E

secondary

#3235A9

accent

#11DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E54E

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

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