#E9E832#E9E832

#E9E832 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.185 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E832
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 78.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.52, -18.78, 80.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.52, 82.61, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0609 0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.185 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.0391, 75.2692, 14.2247)
Luminance	0.7527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E832 #3233E9

analogous

#E98C32 #E9E832 #8EE932

triadic

#E9E832 #32E9E8 #E832E9

tetradic

#E9E832 #32E98C #3233E9 #E9328E

square

#E9E832 #32E98C #3233E9 #E9328E

split-complementary

#E9E832 #328EE9 #8C32E9

monochromatic

#919010 #C8C715 #E9E832 #EFEE69 #F5F4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E9E832 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E832

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E832	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.185 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef7a',
    500: '#e9e832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e832;
$custom-light: #f4ef7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.672,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90321,
    "c": 0.18464,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E832

secondary

#2A2A96

accent

#32F731

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E832

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

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