#E9D257#E9D257

#E9D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D257
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -6.12, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 62.35, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0217 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3736, 64.1076, 18.3142)
Luminance	0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D257 #576EE9

analogous

#E98957 #E9D257 #B7E957

triadic

#E9D257 #57E9D2 #D257E9

tetradic

#E9D257 #57E989 #576EE9 #E957B7

square

#E9D257 #57E989 #576EE9 #E957B7

split-complementary

#E9D257 #57B7E9 #8957E9

monochromatic

#AF9717 #E2C421 #E9D257 #F0E08D #F7EFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#E9D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D257

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D257	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df8b',
    500: '#e9d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d257;
$custom-light: #f3df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86019,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D257

secondary

#3548AF

accent

#2DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D257

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

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