#E9EA4D#E9EA4D

#E9EA4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.172 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA4D
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 77)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 67.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -18.62, 72.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 74.79, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0581 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.172 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.3688, 76.7069, 18.4349)
Luminance	0.7671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA4D #4E4DEA

analogous

#EA9C4D #E9EA4D #9AEA4D

triadic

#E9EA4D #4DE9EA #EA4DE9

tetradic

#E9EA4D #4DEA9C #4E4DEA #EA4D9A

square

#E9EA4D #4DEA9C #4E4DEA #EA4D9A

split-complementary

#E9EA4D #4D9AEA #9C4DEA

monochromatic

#A8A914 #DEDF1A #E9EA4D #F0F084 #F7F7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9EA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#E9EA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA4D

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA4D	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.172 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f088',
    500: '#e9ea4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea4d;
$custom-light: #f4f088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.382,
    "s": 78.894,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.909,
    "c": 0.17204,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA4D

secondary

#3231AA

accent

#0ADB0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA4D

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

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