#E9E457#E9E457

#E9E457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.159 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E457
RGBrgb(233, 228, 87)
HSLhsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.69, -15.12, 67.03)
CIE-LCHlch(88.69, 68.72, 102.71°)
OKLaboklab(89.73% -0.0473 0.1521)
OKLCHoklch(89.73% 0.159 107.3)
XYZxyz(63.0701, 73.5006, 19.8797)
Luminance0.7350 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E457 #575CE9
analogous
#E99B57 #E9E457 #A5E957
triadic
#E9E457 #57E9E4 #E457E9
tetradic
#E9E457 #57E99B #575CE9 #E957A5
square
#E9E457 #57E99B #575CE9 #E957A5
split-complementary
#E9E457 #57A5E9 #9B57E9
monochromatic
#AFAA17 #E2DB21 #E9E457 #F0ED8D #F7F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34
#E9E457 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70
#E9E457 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E457
15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E457#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E4571.001.3415.7015.70
#FFFFFF1.341.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7021.001.001.00
##00000015.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E160
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D6C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.159 107.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8d',
    500: '#e9e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e457;
$custom-light: #f3ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.945,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89725,
    "c": 0.15923,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E457
secondary
#3539AF
accent
#13D90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E457

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#E9E457 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva