#E9EA6D#E9EA6D

#E9EA6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.147 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA6D
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 109)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 53%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 53.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -16.54, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 61.84, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.049 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.147 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.7891, 77.2750, 25.9150)
Luminance	0.7727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA6D #6E6DEA

analogous

#EAAD6D #E9EA6D #ABEA6D

triadic

#E9EA6D #6DE9EA #EA6DE9

tetradic

#E9EA6D #6DEAAD #6E6DEA #EA6DAB

square

#E9EA6D #6DEAAD #6E6DEA #EA6DAB

split-complementary

#E9EA6D #6DABEA #AD6DEA

monochromatic

#C0C11C #E1E237 #E9EA6D #F1F2A3 #F9F9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#E9EA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA6D

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA6D	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.147 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f09a',
    500: '#e9ea6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea6d;
$custom-light: #f2f09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.48,
    "s": 74.85,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91192,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA6D

secondary

#3D3CBF

accent

#0ED710

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA6D

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

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