#E9EA7B#E9EA7B

#E9EA7B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.134 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA7B
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 123)
HSL	hsl(61, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 47.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.60, -15.36, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.60, 55.52, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0442 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.134 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.6036, 77.6008, 30.2050)
Luminance	0.7760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA7B #7C7BEA

analogous

#EAB47B #E9EA7B #B1EA7B

triadic

#E9EA7B #7BE9EA #EA7BE9

tetradic

#E9EA7B #7BEAB4 #7C7BEA #EA7BB1

square

#E9EA7B #7BEAB4 #7C7BEA #EA7BB1

split-complementary

#E9EA7B #7BB1EA #B47BEA

monochromatic

#C9CA20 #E0E246 #E9EA7B #F2F2B0 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EA7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#E9EA7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA7B

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA7B	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.134 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0a3',
    500: '#e9ea7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea7b;
$custom-light: #f2f0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.541,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9136,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA7B

secondary

#4846C3

accent

#11D513

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FEFEF6

border

#D6D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA7B

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

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