#E9E259#E9E259

#E9E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.156 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E259
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -14.01, 65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 67.16, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0439 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.156 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6060, 72.4397, 20.1337)
Luminance	0.7244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E259 #5960E9

analogous

#E99A59 #E9E259 #A8E959

triadic

#E9E259 #59E9E2 #E259E9

tetradic

#E9E259 #59E99A #5960E9 #E959A8

square

#E9E259 #59E99A #5960E9 #E959A8

split-complementary

#E9E259 #59A8E9 #9A59E9

monochromatic

#B0A917 #E2D923 #E9E259 #F0EB8F #F7F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E9E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E259

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E259	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.156 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8e',
    500: '#e9e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e259;
$custom-light: #f3ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89327,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E259

secondary

#353BB1

accent

#17D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E259

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

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