#E9E250#E9E250

#E9E250 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.162 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E250
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -14.54, 69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 70.71, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(89.25% -0.0463 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(89.25% 0.162 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.2509, 72.2976, 18.2636)
Luminance	0.7230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E250 #5057E9

analogous

#E99650 #E9E250 #A4E950

triadic

#E9E250 #50E9E2 #E250E9

tetradic

#E9E250 #50E996 #5057E9 #E950A4

square

#E9E250 #50E996 #5057E9 #E950A4

split-complementary

#E9E250 #50A4E9 #9650E9

monochromatic

#A9A315 #E0D71C #E9E250 #F0EB86 #F7F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#E9E250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E250

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E250	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.162 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea88',
    500: '#e9e250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e250;
$custom-light: #f3ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.255,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89251,
    "c": 0.16235,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E250

secondary

#3238AB

accent

#15DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E250

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

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