#E9EA49#E9EA49

#E9EA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.175 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA49
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -18.82, 73.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 76.22, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.87% -0.0591 0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(90.87% 0.175 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.2319, 76.6522, 17.7139)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA49 #4A49EA

analogous

#EA9B49 #E9EA49 #98EA49

triadic

#E9EA49 #49E9EA #EA49E9

tetradic

#E9EA49 #49EA9B #4A49EA #EA4998

square

#E9EA49 #49EA9B #4A49EA #EA4998

split-complementary

#E9EA49 #4998EA #9B49EA

monochromatic

#A5A613 #DBDC19 #E9EA49 #F0F080 #F6F7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9EA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#E9EA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA49

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA49	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.175 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f085',
    500: '#e9ea49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea49;
$custom-light: #f4f085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.373,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90872,
    "c": 0.17456,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA49

secondary

#3130A7

accent

#0ADC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA49

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

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