#E9E363#E9E363

#E9E363 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.149 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E363
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 99)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -13.84, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 63.35, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0423 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.149 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.3275, 73.1646, 22.5883)
Luminance	0.7316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E363 #6369E9

analogous

#E9A063 #E9E363 #ACE963

triadic

#E9E363 #63E9E3 #E363E9

tetradic

#E9E363 #63E9A0 #6369E9 #E963AC

square

#E9E363 #63E9A0 #6369E9 #E963AC

split-complementary

#E9E363 #63ACE9 #A063E9

monochromatic

#B8B11A #E1D92D #E9E363 #F1ED99 #F8F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E363 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#E9E363 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E363

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E363	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E363	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e363;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.149 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb94',
    500: '#e9e363',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e363;
$custom-light: #f3eb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e363",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89631,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E363

secondary

#393EB7

accent

#17D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E363

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

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