#E9E573#E9E573

#E9E573 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.137 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E573
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 115)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.21, -13.59, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.21, 57.06, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.04 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(64.7197, 74.6018, 27.2067)
Luminance	0.7460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E573 #7377E9

analogous

#E9AA73 #E9E573 #B2E973

triadic

#E9E573 #73E9E5 #E573E9

tetradic

#E9E573 #73E9AA #7377E9 #E973B2

square

#E9E573 #73E9AA #7377E9 #E973B2

split-complementary

#E9E573 #73B2E9 #AA73E9

monochromatic

#C3BD1F #E1DB3E #E9E573 #F1EFA8 #FAF9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E9E573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E573

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E573	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ed9e',
    500: '#e9e573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e573;
$custom-light: #f2ed9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90223,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E573

secondary

#3F44C1

accent

#17D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E573

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

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