#E9E56D#E9E56D

#E9E56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.142 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E56D
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -14.08, 58.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 59.77, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.042 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.142 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.3857, 74.4682, 25.4472)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E56D #6D71E9

analogous

#E9A76D #E9E56D #AFE96D

triadic

#E9E56D #6DE9E5 #E56DE9

tetradic

#E9E56D #6DE9A7 #6D71E9 #E96DAF

square

#E9E56D #6DE9A7 #6D71E9 #E96DAF

split-complementary

#E9E56D #6DAFE9 #A76DE9

monochromatic

#BFBA1D #E1DC38 #E9E56D #F1EEA2 #F9F8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#E9E56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E56D

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E56D	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.142 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed9a',
    500: '#e9e56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e56d;
$custom-light: #f2ed9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90153,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E56D

secondary

#3C41BE

accent

#16D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E56D

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

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