#E9E253#E9E253

#E9E253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.160 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E253
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -14.37, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 69.55, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0456 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.16 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3642, 72.3430, 18.8604)
Luminance	0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E253 #535AE9

analogous

#E99753 #E9E253 #A5E953

triadic

#E9E253 #53E9E2 #E253E9

tetradic

#E9E253 #53E997 #535AE9 #E953A5

square

#E9E253 #53E997 #535AE9 #E953A5

split-complementary

#E9E253 #53A5E9 #9753E9

monochromatic

#ACA516 #E2D91D #E9E253 #F0EB89 #F7F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#E9E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E253

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E253	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)

#F4DA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.160 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8a',
    500: '#e9e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e253;
$custom-light: #f3ea8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89275,
    "c": 0.16023,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E253

secondary

#3339AD

accent

#16DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E253

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

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