#E9E932#E9E932

#E9E932 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.186 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E932
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 50)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -19.27, 80.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 82.95, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0622 0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.186 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3214, 75.8337, 14.3188)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E932 #3232E9

analogous

#E98D32 #E9E932 #8DE932

triadic

#E9E932 #32E9E9 #E932E9

tetradic

#E9E932 #32E98D #3232E9 #E9328D

square

#E9E932 #32E98D #3232E9 #E9328D

split-complementary

#E9E932 #328DE9 #8D32E9

monochromatic

#919110 #C8C815 #E9E932 #EFEF69 #F5F5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E9E932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E932

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E932	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCDF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.186 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef7b',
    500: '#e9e932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e932;
$custom-light: #f4ef7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90532,
    "c": 0.18555,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E932

secondary

#2A2A96

accent

#31F731

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FFFEF2

border

#D7D6CC

text

#18160A

muted

#86857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E932

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

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