#E9E252#E9E252

#E9E252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.161 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E252
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -14.43, 68.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 69.94, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0458 0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.161 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3259, 72.3276, 18.6586)
Luminance	0.7233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E252 #5259E9

analogous

#E99752 #E9E252 #A4E952

triadic

#E9E252 #52E9E2 #E252E9

tetradic

#E9E252 #52E997 #5259E9 #E952A4

square

#E9E252 #52E997 #5259E9 #E952A4

split-complementary

#E9E252 #52A4E9 #9752E9

monochromatic

#ABA416 #E1D81D #E9E252 #F0EB88 #F7F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E9E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E252

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E252	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.161 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8a',
    500: '#e9e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e252;
$custom-light: #f3ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.219,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89267,
    "c": 0.16095,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E252

secondary

#3339AC

accent

#15DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E252

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

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