#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
RGBrgb(233, 226, 89)
HSLhsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.18, -14.01, 65.68)
CIE-LCHlch(88.18, 67.16, 102.04°)
OKLaboklab(89.33% -0.0439 0.1495)
OKLCHoklch(89.33% 0.156 106.4)
XYZxyz(62.6060, 72.4397, 20.1337)
Luminance0.7244 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9E2591.001.3615.4915.49
#FFFFFF1.361.0021.0021.00
#00000015.4921.001.001.00
##00000015.4921.001.001.00

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

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#E9E259 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva