#E9E263#E9E263

#E9E263 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.148 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E263
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -13.34, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 62.96, 102.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0409 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.148 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0548, 72.6192, 22.4974)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E263 #636AE9

analogous

#E99F63 #E9E263 #ADE963

triadic

#E9E263 #63E9E2 #E263E9

tetradic

#E9E263 #63E99F #636AE9 #E963AD

square

#E9E263 #63E99F #636AE9 #E963AD

split-complementary

#E9E263 #63ADE9 #9F63E9

monochromatic

#B8AF1A #E1D82D #E9E263 #F1EC99 #F8F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#E9E263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E263

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E263	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)

#F3DA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.148 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea94',
    500: '#e9e263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e263;
$custom-light: #f3ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89423,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E263

secondary

#393FB7

accent

#19D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E263

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

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