#E9E25B#E9E25B

#E9E25B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.154 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E25B
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -13.88, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 66.34, 102.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0433 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.154 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.6911, 72.4737, 20.5820)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E25B #5B62E9

analogous

#E99B5B #E9E25B #A9E95B

triadic

#E9E25B #5BE9E2 #E25BE9

tetradic

#E9E25B #5BE99B #5B62E9 #E95BA9

square

#E9E25B #5BE99B #5B62E9 #E95BA9

split-complementary

#E9E25B #5BA9E9 #9B5BE9

monochromatic

#B2AA18 #E2D825 #E9E25B #F0EC91 #F7F5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#E9E25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E25B

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E25B	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)

#F4DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.154 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8f',
    500: '#e9e25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e25b;
$custom-light: #f3ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89346,
    "c": 0.15425,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E25B

secondary

#363CB2

accent

#17D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E25B

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

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