#E9E57A#E9E57A

#E9E57A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.130 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E57A
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.28, -12.99, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.28, 53.83, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0375 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.13 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1379, 74.7691, 29.4092)
Luminance	0.7477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E57A #7A7EE9

analogous

#E9AE7A #E9E57A #B6E97A

triadic

#E9E57A #7AE9E5 #E57AE9

tetradic

#E9E57A #7AE9AE #7A7EE9 #E97AB6

square

#E9E57A #7AE9AE #7A7EE9 #E97AB6

split-complementary

#E9E57A #7AB6E9 #AE7AE9

monochromatic

#C8C221 #E0DB45 #E9E57A #F2EFAF #FAFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E9E57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E57A

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E57A	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.130 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eda3',
    500: '#e9e57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e57a;
$custom-light: #f2eda3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90311,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E57A

secondary

#464AC1

accent

#19D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E57A

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

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