#E9E25C#E9E25C

#E9E25C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.153 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E25C
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -13.82, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 65.92, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.043 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.153 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7345, 72.4911, 20.8107)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E25C #5C63E9

analogous

#E99B5C #E9E25C #A9E95C

triadic

#E9E25C #5CE9E2 #E25CE9

tetradic

#E9E25C #5CE99B #5C63E9 #E95CA9

square

#E9E25C #5CE99B #5C63E9 #E95CA9

split-complementary

#E9E25C #5CA9E9 #9B5CE9

monochromatic

#B3AB18 #E2D826 #E9E25C #F0EC92 #F8F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E25C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E9E25C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E25C

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E25C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E25C	1.00	1.36	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e25c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.153 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8f',
    500: '#e9e25c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e25c;
$custom-light: #f3ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e25c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89355,
    "c": 0.15347,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E25C

secondary

#363DB3

accent

#17D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E25C

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

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