#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
RGBrgb(233, 230, 86)
HSLhsl(59, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(59, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.20, -16.16, 67.98)
CIE-LCHlch(89.20, 69.87, 103.37°)
OKLaboklab(90.13% -0.0503 0.1539)
OKLCHoklch(90.13% 0.162 108.1)
XYZxyz(63.5829, 74.5911, 19.8505)
Luminance0.7459 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E9E6561.001.3215.9215.92
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9221.001.001.00
##00000015.9221.001.001.00

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

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#E9E656 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva