#E9E94D#E9E94D

#E9E94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.171 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E94D
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.92, -18.13, 72.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.92, 74.42, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.69% -0.0567 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(90.69% 0.171 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0849, 76.1391, 18.3403)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E94D #4D4DE9

analogous

#E99B4D #E9E94D #9BE94D

triadic

#E9E94D #4DE9E9 #E94DE9

tetradic

#E9E94D #4DE99B #4D4DE9 #E94D9B

square

#E9E94D #4DE99B #4D4DE9 #E94D9B

split-complementary

#E9E94D #4D9BE9 #9B4DE9

monochromatic

#A7A715 #DDDD1B #E9E94D #F0F083 #F6F6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#E9E94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E94D

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E94D	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.171 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef87',
    500: '#e9e94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e94d;
$custom-light: #f4ef87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9069,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E94D

secondary

#3232A9

accent

#0BDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E94D

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

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