#E9E25D#E9E25D

#E9E25D 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	#E9E25D
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -13.75, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 65.51, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0428 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.153 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.7785, 72.5087, 21.0425)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E25D #5D64E9

analogous

#E99C5D #E9E25D #AAE95D

triadic

#E9E25D #5DE9E2 #E25DE9

tetradic

#E9E25D #5DE99C #5D64E9 #E95DAA

square

#E9E25D #5DE99C #5D64E9 #E95DAA

split-complementary

#E9E25D #5DAAE9 #9C5DE9

monochromatic

#B3AC18 #E2D827 #E9E25D #F0EC93 #F8F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E25D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#E9E25D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E25D

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E25D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E25D	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	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)

#F4DA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e25d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.153 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea90',
    500: '#e9e25d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e25d;
$custom-light: #f3ea90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e25d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89364,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E25D

secondary

#373DB3

accent

#17D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E25D

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

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