#E9E26D#E9E26D

#E9E26D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.139 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E26D
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 109)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -12.60, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 58.56, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0377 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.139 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.5628, 72.8224, 25.1729)
Luminance	0.7282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E26D #6D74E9

analogous

#E9A46D #E9E26D #B2E96D

triadic

#E9E26D #6DE9E2 #E26DE9

tetradic

#E9E26D #6DE9A4 #6D74E9 #E96DB2

square

#E9E26D #6DE9A4 #6D74E9 #E96DB2

split-complementary

#E9E26D #6DB2E9 #A46DE9

monochromatic

#BFB61D #E1D738 #E9E26D #F1EDA2 #F9F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#E9E26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E26D

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E26D	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)

#F3DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.139 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9a',
    500: '#e9e26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e26d;
$custom-light: #f2ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89532,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E26D

secondary

#3C44BE

accent

#1BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E26D

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

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