#E9E26C#E9E26C

#E9E26C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.140 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E26C
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -12.67, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 59.01, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0381 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.14 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.5092, 72.8010, 24.8910)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E26C #6C73E9

analogous

#E9A46C #E9E26C #B2E96C

triadic

#E9E26C #6CE9E2 #E26CE9

tetradic

#E9E26C #6CE9A4 #6C73E9 #E96CB2

square

#E9E26C #6CE9A4 #6C73E9 #E96CB2

split-complementary

#E9E26C #6CB2E9 #A46CE9

monochromatic

#BEB51C #E1D737 #E9E26C #F1EDA1 #F9F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E26C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E9E26C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E26C

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E26C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E26C	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e26c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.140 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea99',
    500: '#e9e26c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e26c;
$custom-light: #f2ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e26c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89521,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E26C

secondary

#3C43BD

accent

#1BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E26C

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

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