#E9EA8A#E9EA8A

#E9EA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.119 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA8A
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 41%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -13.92, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 48.45, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.57% -0.0388 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(91.57% 0.119 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.6156, 78.0056, 35.5345)
Luminance	0.7800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA8A #8B8AEA

analogous

#EABB8A #E9EA8A #B9EA8A

triadic

#E9EA8A #8AE9EA #EA8AE9

tetradic

#E9EA8A #8AEABB #8B8AEA #EA8AB9

square

#E9EA8A #8AEABB #8B8AEA #EA8AB9

split-complementary

#E9EA8A #8AB9EA #BB8AEA

monochromatic

#D2D426 #DFE156 #E9EA8A #F3F3BE #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9EA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#E9EA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA8A

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA8A	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.119 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1f0ad',
    500: '#e9ea8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea8a;
$custom-light: #f1f0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.625,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91567,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA8A

secondary

#5554C4

accent

#14D216

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA8A

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

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