#E9E84C#E9E84C

#E9E84C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.171 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E84C
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 76)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 67.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -17.70, 72.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 74.41, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.47% -0.0556 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(90.47% 0.171 109)
XYZ	xyz(63.7676, 75.5606, 18.0617)
Luminance	0.7556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E84C #4C4DE9

analogous

#E9994C #E9E84C #9BE94C

triadic

#E9E84C #4CE9E8 #E84CE9

tetradic

#E9E84C #4CE999 #4C4DE9 #E94C9B

square

#E9E84C #4CE999 #4C4DE9 #E94C9B

split-complementary

#E9E84C #4C9BE9 #994CE9

monochromatic

#A6A514 #DDDB1B #E9E84C #F0EF83 #F6F6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#E9E84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E84C

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E84C	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.171 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef87',
    500: '#e9e84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e84c;
$custom-light: #f4ef87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90473,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.75559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E84C

secondary

#3132A8

accent

#0CDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E84C

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

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