#E9E56F#E9E56F

#E9E56F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.140 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E56F
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.16, -13.92, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.16, 58.87, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0413 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.14 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.4946, 74.5118, 26.0207)
Luminance	0.7451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E56F #6F73E9

analogous

#E9A86F #E9E56F #B0E96F

triadic

#E9E56F #6FE9E5 #E56FE9

tetradic

#E9E56F #6FE9A8 #6F73E9 #E96FB0

square

#E9E56F #6FE9A8 #6F73E9 #E96FB0

split-complementary

#E9E56F #6FB0E9 #A86FE9

monochromatic

#C0BB1D #E1DB3A #E9E56F #F1EFA4 #F9F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E56F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#E9E56F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E56F

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E56F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E56F	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.140 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed9b',
    500: '#e9e56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e56f;
$custom-light: #f2ed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90176,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E56F

secondary

#3D41BF

accent

#16D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E56F

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

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