#E9E357#E9E357

#E9E357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.158 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E357
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -14.63, 66.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 68.34, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0459 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.158 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.7958, 72.9520, 19.7883)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E357 #575DE9

analogous

#E99A57 #E9E357 #A6E957

triadic

#E9E357 #57E9E3 #E357E9

tetradic

#E9E357 #57E99A #575DE9 #E957A6

square

#E9E357 #57E99A #575DE9 #E957A6

split-complementary

#E9E357 #57A6E9 #9A57E9

monochromatic

#AFA817 #E2DA21 #E9E357 #F0EC8D #F7F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#E9E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E357

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E357	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)

#F5DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.158 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb8d',
    500: '#e9e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e357;
$custom-light: #f3eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89517,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E357

secondary

#353AAF

accent

#15D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E357

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

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