#E9E356#E9E356

#E9E356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.159 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E356
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -14.69, 67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 68.74, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.51% -0.0461 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.51% 0.159 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7553, 72.9357, 19.5746)
Luminance	0.7293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E356 #565CE9

analogous

#E99956 #E9E356 #A5E956

triadic

#E9E356 #56E9E3 #E356E9

tetradic

#E9E356 #56E999 #565CE9 #E956A5

square

#E9E356 #56E999 #565CE9 #E956A5

split-complementary

#E9E356 #56A5E9 #9956E9

monochromatic

#AEA817 #E2DA20 #E9E356 #F0EC8C #F7F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E9E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E356

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E356	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.159 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb8c',
    500: '#e9e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e356;
$custom-light: #f3eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89509,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E356

secondary

#3439AF

accent

#15D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E356

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

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