#E9E992#E9E992

#E9E992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.109 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E992
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 146)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 37%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 37.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -12.58, 42.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 44.13, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.0343 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.109 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.9323, 77.6781, 38.6034)
Luminance	0.7768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E992 #9292E9

analogous

#E9BE92 #E9E992 #BEE992

triadic

#E9E992 #92E9E9 #E992E9

tetradic

#E9E992 #92E9BE #9292E9 #E992BE

square

#E9E992 #92E9BE #9292E9 #E992BE

split-complementary

#E9E992 #92BEE9 #BE92E9

monochromatic

#D4D42C #DFDF5F #E9E992 #F3F3C5 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9E992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#E9E992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E992

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E992	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.109 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1efb3',
    500: '#e9e992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e992;
$custom-light: #f1efb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91484,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E992

secondary

#5C5CC3

accent

#17CE17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E992

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

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