#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
RGBrgb(233, 226, 83)
HSLhsl(57, 77%, 62%)
HSVhsv(57, 64%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.13, -14.37, 68.05)
CIE-LCHlch(88.13, 69.55, 101.92°)
OKLaboklab(89.28% -0.0456 0.1536)
OKLCHoklch(89.28% 0.16 106.5)
XYZxyz(62.3642, 72.3430, 18.8604)
Luminance0.7234 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9E2531.001.3615.4715.47
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4721.001.001.00
##00000015.4721.001.001.00

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

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#E9E253 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva