#E9E26E#E9E26E

#E9E26E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.138 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E26E
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -12.52, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 58.11, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0374 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.138 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.6169, 72.8441, 25.4580)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E26E #6E75E9

analogous

#E9A46E #E9E26E #B3E96E

triadic

#E9E26E #6EE9E2 #E26EE9

tetradic

#E9E26E #6EE9A4 #6E75E9 #E96EB3

square

#E9E26E #6EE9A4 #6E75E9 #E96EB3

split-complementary

#E9E26E #6EB3E9 #A46EE9

monochromatic

#C0B61D #E1D739 #E9E26E #F1EDA3 #F9F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E26E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E9E26E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E26E

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E26E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E26E	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e26e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.138 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9b',
    500: '#e9e26e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e26e;
$custom-light: #f2ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e26e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89544,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E26E

secondary

#3D44BE

accent

#1BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E26E

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

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