#E9EA72#E9EA72

#E9EA72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.143 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA72
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(61, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 51.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.50, -16.14, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.50, 59.62, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0473 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.143 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0659, 77.3858, 27.3731)
Luminance	0.7738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA72 #7372EA

analogous

#EAAF72 #E9EA72 #ADEA72

triadic

#E9EA72 #72E9EA #EA72E9

tetradic

#E9EA72 #72EAAF #7372EA #EA72AD

square

#E9EA72 #72EAAF #7372EA #EA72AD

split-complementary

#E9EA72 #72ADEA #AF72EA

monochromatic

#C3C41D #E1E23D #E9EA72 #F1F2A7 #FAFADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#E9EA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA72

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA72	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE267

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.143 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f09e',
    500: '#e9ea72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea72;
$custom-light: #f2f09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91249,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA72

secondary

#3F3EC2

accent

#0FD611

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA72

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

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