#E9E571#E9E571

#E9E571 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.138 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E571
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 113)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -13.76, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 57.97, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0406 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.138 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.6059, 74.5563, 26.6071)
Luminance	0.7456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E571 #7175E9

analogous

#E9A971 #E9E571 #B1E971

triadic

#E9E571 #71E9E5 #E571E9

tetradic

#E9E571 #71E9A9 #7175E9 #E971B1

square

#E9E571 #71E9A9 #7175E9 #E971B1

split-complementary

#E9E571 #71B1E9 #A971E9

monochromatic

#C2BC1E #E1DB3C #E9E571 #F1EFA6 #F9F8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E9E571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E571

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E571	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.138 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed9d',
    500: '#e9e571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e571;
$custom-light: #f2ed9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90199,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E571

secondary

#3E42C0

accent

#17D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E571

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

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