#E9E26A#E9E26A

#E9E26A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.142 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E26A
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -12.83, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 59.90, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0387 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.142 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.4040, 72.7589, 24.3368)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E26A #6A71E9

analogous

#E9A36A #E9E26A #B1E96A

triadic

#E9E26A #6AE9E2 #E26AE9

tetradic

#E9E26A #6AE9A3 #6A71E9 #E96AB1

square

#E9E26A #6AE9A3 #6A71E9 #E96AB1

split-complementary

#E9E26A #6AB1E9 #A36AE9

monochromatic

#BDB41C #E1D835 #E9E26A #F1EC9F #F9F7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E26A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#E9E26A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E26A

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E26A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E26A	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e26a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.142 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea98',
    500: '#e9e26a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e26a;
$custom-light: #f2ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e26a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.693,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89498,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E26A

secondary

#3B42BC

accent

#1AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E26A

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

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