#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
RGBrgb(233, 210, 87)
HSLhsl(51, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(51, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.9%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(84.02, -6.12, 62.05)
CIE-LCHlch(84.02, 62.35, 95.63°)
OKLaboklab(86.02% -0.0217 0.1415)
OKLCHoklch(86.02% 0.143 98.7)
XYZxyz(58.3736, 64.1076, 18.3142)
Luminance0.6411 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E9D2571.001.5213.8213.82
#FFFFFF1.521.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8221.001.001.00
##00000013.8221.001.001.00

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

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#E9D257 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva