#E9EB4E#E9EB4E

#E9EB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.172 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EB4E
RGB	rgb(233, 235, 78)
HSL	hsl(61, 80%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 66.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -19.05, 72.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 74.80, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0592 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.172 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6899, 77.2921, 18.7175)
Luminance	0.7729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EB4E #504EEB

analogous

#EB9F4E #E9EB4E #9BEB4E

triadic

#E9EB4E #4EE9EB #EB4EE9

tetradic

#E9EB4E #4EEB9F #504EEB #EB4E9B

square

#E9EB4E #4EEB9F #504EEB #EB4E9B

split-complementary

#E9EB4E #4E9BEB #9F4EEB

monochromatic

#A9AB13 #E0E21A #E9EB4E #F0F185 #F7F7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#E9EB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EB4E

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EB4E	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9eb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 235, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.172 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f188',
    500: '#e9eb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9eb4e;
$custom-light: #f4f188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9eb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.764,
    "s": 79.695,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91117,
    "c": 0.17238,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EB4E

secondary

#3231AC

accent

#09DC0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EB4E

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

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