#E9E265#E9E265

#E9E265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.146 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E265
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.28, -13.20, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.28, 62.10, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0403 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.146 106)
XYZ	xyz(63.1516, 72.6579, 23.0072)
Luminance	0.7266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E265 #656CE9

analogous

#E9A065 #E9E265 #AEE965

triadic

#E9E265 #65E9E2 #E265E9

tetradic

#E9E265 #65E9A0 #656CE9 #E965AE

square

#E9E265 #65E9A0 #656CE9 #E965AE

split-complementary

#E9E265 #65AEE9 #A065E9

monochromatic

#B9B11A #E1D82F #E9E265 #F1EC9B #F8F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.53

#E9E265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E265

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E265	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)

#F3DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.146 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea95',
    500: '#e9e265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e265;
$custom-light: #f3ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89444,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.72656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E265

secondary

#3A40B9

accent

#19D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E265

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

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