#E9E057#E9E057

#E9E057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.155 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E057
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -13.15, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 67.23, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0417 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.155 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.9824, 71.3252, 19.5171)
Luminance	0.7132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E057 #5760E9

analogous

#E99757 #E9E057 #A9E957

triadic

#E9E057 #57E9E0 #E057E9

tetradic

#E9E057 #57E997 #5760E9 #E957A9

square

#E9E057 #57E997 #5760E9 #E957A9

split-complementary

#E9E057 #57A9E9 #9757E9

monochromatic

#AFA517 #E2D621 #E9E057 #F0EA8D #F7F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9E057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#E9E057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E057

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E057	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.155 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98c',
    500: '#e9e057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e057;
$custom-light: #f3e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88895,
    "c": 0.15541,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E057

secondary

#353CAF

accent

#19D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E057

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

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