#E9D262#E9D262

#E9D262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D262
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.12, -5.38, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.12, 57.57, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.0183 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8578, 64.3012, 20.8640)
Luminance	0.6430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D262 #6279E9

analogous

#E98F62 #E9D262 #BCE962

triadic

#E9D262 #62E9D2 #D262E9

tetradic

#E9D262 #62E98F #6279E9 #E962BC

square

#E9D262 #62E98F #6279E9 #E962BC

split-complementary

#E9D262 #62BCE9 #8F62E9

monochromatic

#B79C1A #E1C32C #E9D262 #F1E198 #F8F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#E9D262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D262

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D262	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df92',
    500: '#e9d262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d262;
$custom-light: #f3df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86131,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D262

secondary

#384EB7

accent

#30D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D262

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

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