#E9E64F#E9E64F

#E9E64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.167 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E64F
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.15, -16.56, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.15, 72.56, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0521 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.167 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.3146, 74.4837, 18.4372)
Luminance	0.7448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E64F #4F52E9

analogous

#E9994F #E9E64F #9FE94F

triadic

#E9E64F #4FE9E6 #E64FE9

tetradic

#E9E64F #4FE999 #4F52E9 #E94F9F

square

#E9E64F #4FE999 #4F52E9 #E94F9F

split-complementary

#E9E64F #4F9FE9 #994FE9

monochromatic

#A9A615 #DFDB1C #E9E64F #F0EE85 #F7F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E9E64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E64F

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E64F	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.167 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed88',
    500: '#e9e64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e64f;
$custom-light: #f4ed88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.831,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90077,
    "c": 0.16684,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E64F

secondary

#3234AA

accent

#0FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E64F

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

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