#E9E264#E9E264

#E9E264 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.147 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E264
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 100)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -13.27, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 62.53, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0406 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.147 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1029, 72.6384, 22.7507)
Luminance	0.7264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E264 #646BE9

analogous

#E99F64 #E9E264 #ADE964

triadic

#E9E264 #64E9E2 #E264E9

tetradic

#E9E264 #64E99F #646BE9 #E964AD

square

#E9E264 #64E99F #646BE9 #E964AD

split-complementary

#E9E264 #64ADE9 #9F64E9

monochromatic

#B8B01A #E1D82E #E9E264 #F1EC9A #F8F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E9E264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E264

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E264	1.00	1.35	15.53	15.53
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.147 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea94',
    500: '#e9e264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e264;
$custom-light: #f3ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89434,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E264

secondary

#3940B8

accent

#19D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E264

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

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