#E9E653#E9E653

#E9E653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.164 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E653
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.18, -16.34, 69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.18, 71.04, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.11% -0.0511 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(90.11% 0.164 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.4646, 74.5437, 19.2272)
Luminance	0.7454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E653 #5356E9

analogous

#E99B53 #E9E653 #A1E953

triadic

#E9E653 #53E9E6 #E653E9

tetradic

#E9E653 #53E99B #5356E9 #E953A1

square

#E9E653 #53E99B #5356E9 #E953A1

split-complementary

#E9E653 #53A1E9 #9B53E9

monochromatic

#ACA916 #E2DE1D #E9E653 #F0EE89 #F7F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E9E653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E653

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E653	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)

#F8DD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.164 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8a',
    500: '#e9e653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e653;
$custom-light: #f3ed8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90109,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E653

secondary

#3336AD

accent

#10DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E653

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

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