#E9E26F#E9E26F

#E9E26F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.137 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E26F
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 111)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -12.44, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 57.65, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.56% -0.0371 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(89.56% 0.137 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.6717, 72.8660, 25.7464)
Luminance	0.7286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E26F #6F76E9

analogous

#E9A56F #E9E26F #B3E96F

triadic

#E9E26F #6FE9E2 #E26FE9

tetradic

#E9E26F #6FE9A5 #6F76E9 #E96FB3

square

#E9E26F #6FE9A5 #6F76E9 #E96FB3

split-complementary

#E9E26F #6FB3E9 #A56FE9

monochromatic

#C0B71D #E1D73A #E9E26F #F1EDA4 #F9F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E26F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#E9E26F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E26F

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E26F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E26F	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)

#F2DB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e26f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.137 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9b',
    500: '#e9e26f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e26f;
$custom-light: #f2ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e26f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89555,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E26F

secondary

#3D45BF

accent

#1BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E26F

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

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