#E9E256#E9E256

#E9E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.158 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E256
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -14.20, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 68.37, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0447 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.158 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.4825, 72.3903, 19.4837)
Luminance	0.7239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E256 #565DE9

analogous

#E99956 #E9E256 #A6E956

triadic

#E9E256 #56E9E2 #E256E9

tetradic

#E9E256 #56E999 #565DE9 #E956A6

square

#E9E256 #56E999 #565DE9 #E956A6

split-complementary

#E9E256 #56A6E9 #9956E9

monochromatic

#AEA717 #E2D920 #E9E256 #F0EB8C #F7F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E9E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E256

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E256	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.158 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8c',
    500: '#e9e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e256;
$custom-light: #f3ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89301,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E256

secondary

#343AAF

accent

#16D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E256

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

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