#E9E152#E9E152

#E9E152 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.160 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E152
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -13.94, 68.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 69.58, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0444 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.16 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0547, 71.7854, 18.5682)
Luminance	0.7178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E152 #525AE9

analogous

#E99652 #E9E152 #A6E952

triadic

#E9E152 #52E9E1 #E152E9

tetradic

#E9E152 #52E996 #525AE9 #E952A6

square

#E9E152 #52E996 #525AE9 #E952A6

split-complementary

#E9E152 #52A6E9 #9652E9

monochromatic

#ABA316 #E1D71D #E9E152 #F0EA88 #F7F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#E9E152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E152

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E152	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.160 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8a',
    500: '#e9e152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e152;
$custom-light: #f3ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.821,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89059,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E152

secondary

#333AAC

accent

#17DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E152

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

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