#E9E456#E9E456

#E9E456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.160 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E456
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -15.18, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 69.11, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.72% -0.0475 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(89.72% 0.16 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.0295, 73.4843, 19.6660)
Luminance	0.7348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E456 #565BE9

analogous

#E99A56 #E9E456 #A5E956

triadic

#E9E456 #56E9E4 #E456E9

tetradic

#E9E456 #56E99A #565BE9 #E956A5

square

#E9E456 #56E99A #565BE9 #E956A5

split-complementary

#E9E456 #56A5E9 #9A56E9

monochromatic

#AEA917 #E2DB20 #E9E456 #F0ED8C #F7F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E9E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E456

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E456	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.160 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8c',
    500: '#e9e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e456;
$custom-light: #f3ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89717,
    "c": 0.15997,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E456

secondary

#3439AF

accent

#13D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E456

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

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