#E9E262#E9E262

#E9E262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.149 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E262
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -13.41, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 63.39, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0412 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.149 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0072, 72.6002, 22.2472)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E262 #6269E9

analogous

#E99F62 #E9E262 #ACE962

triadic

#E9E262 #62E9E2 #E262E9

tetradic

#E9E262 #62E99F #6269E9 #E962AC

square

#E9E262 #62E99F #6269E9 #E962AC

split-complementary

#E9E262 #62ACE9 #9F62E9

monochromatic

#B7AF1A #E1D82C #E9E262 #F1EC98 #F8F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E9E262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E262

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E262	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.149 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea93',
    500: '#e9e262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e262;
$custom-light: #f3ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89413,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E262

secondary

#383FB7

accent

#18D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E262

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

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