#E9E271#E9E271

#E9E271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.135 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E271
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -12.27, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 56.74, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0364 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.135 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.7830, 72.9105, 26.3328)
Luminance	0.7291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E271 #7178E9

analogous

#E9A671 #E9E271 #B4E971

triadic

#E9E271 #71E9E2 #E271E9

tetradic

#E9E271 #71E9A6 #7178E9 #E971B4

square

#E9E271 #71E9A6 #7178E9 #E971B4

split-complementary

#E9E271 #71B4E9 #A671E9

monochromatic

#C2B81E #E1D73C #E9E271 #F1EDA6 #F9F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E9E271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E271

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E271	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.135 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9d',
    500: '#e9e271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e271;
$custom-light: #f2ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89579,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E271

secondary

#3E46C0

accent

#1CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E271

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

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