#E9E260#E9E260

#E9E260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.150 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E260
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -13.55, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 64.24, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.0419 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.15 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.9140, 72.5629, 21.7560)
Luminance	0.7256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E260 #6067E9

analogous

#E99D60 #E9E260 #ACE960

triadic

#E9E260 #60E9E2 #E260E9

tetradic

#E9E260 #60E99D #6067E9 #E960AC

square

#E9E260 #60E99D #6067E9 #E960AC

split-complementary

#E9E260 #60ACE9 #9D60E9

monochromatic

#B5AD19 #E2D82A #E9E260 #F0EC96 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#E9E260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E260

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E260	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.150 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea92',
    500: '#e9e260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e260;
$custom-light: #f3ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89393,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E260

secondary

#383EB5

accent

#18D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E260

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

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