#E9E656#E9E656

#E9E656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.162 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E656
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.20, -16.16, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.20, 69.87, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0503 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.162 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5829, 74.5911, 19.8505)
Luminance	0.7459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E656 #5659E9

analogous

#E99D56 #E9E656 #A2E956

triadic

#E9E656 #56E9E6 #E656E9

tetradic

#E9E656 #56E99D #5659E9 #E956A2

square

#E9E656 #56E99D #5659E9 #E956A2

split-complementary

#E9E656 #56A2E9 #9D56E9

monochromatic

#AEAB17 #E2DE20 #E9E656 #F0EE8C #F7F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E9E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E656

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E656	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)

#F8DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.162 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8c',
    500: '#e9e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e656;
$custom-light: #f3ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90134,
    "c": 0.16192,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E656

secondary

#3437AF

accent

#10D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E656

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

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