#E9E157#E9E157

#E9E157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.156 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E157
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -13.64, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 67.59, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0431 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(62.2520, 71.8643, 19.6070)
Luminance	0.7186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E157 #575FE9

analogous

#E99857 #E9E157 #A8E957

triadic

#E9E157 #57E9E1 #E157E9

tetradic

#E9E157 #57E998 #575FE9 #E957A8

square

#E9E157 #57E998 #575FE9 #E957A8

split-complementary

#E9E157 #57A8E9 #9857E9

monochromatic

#AFA617 #E2D721 #E9E157 #F0EB8D #F7F4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#E9E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E157

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E157	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8c',
    500: '#e9e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e157;
$custom-light: #f3ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89102,
    "c": 0.15636,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.71862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E157

secondary

#353BAF

accent

#18D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E157

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

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