#E9E25A#E9E25A

#E9E25A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.155 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E25A
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -13.95, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 66.75, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0436 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.155 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6482, 72.4566, 20.3563)
Luminance	0.7246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E25A #5A61E9

analogous

#E99A5A #E9E25A #A8E95A

triadic

#E9E25A #5AE9E2 #E25AE9

tetradic

#E9E25A #5AE99A #5A61E9 #E95AA8

square

#E9E25A #5AE99A #5A61E9 #E95AA8

split-complementary

#E9E25A #5AA8E9 #9A5AE9

monochromatic

#B1A918 #E2D924 #E9E25A #F0EB90 #F7F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E9E25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E25A

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E25A	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)

#F4DA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.155 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8e',
    500: '#e9e25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e25a;
$custom-light: #f3ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89336,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E25A

secondary

#363CB1

accent

#17D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E25A

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

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