#E9E753#E9E753

#E9E753 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.165 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E753
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.44, -16.83, 69.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.44, 71.42, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0525 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.165 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7437, 75.1019, 19.3203)
Luminance	0.7510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E753 #5355E9

analogous

#E99C53 #E9E753 #A0E953

triadic

#E9E753 #53E9E7 #E753E9

tetradic

#E9E753 #53E99C #5355E9 #E953A0

square

#E9E753 #53E99C #5355E9 #E953A0

split-complementary

#E9E753 #53A0E9 #9C53E9

monochromatic

#ACAA16 #E2DF1D #E9E753 #F0EF89 #F7F6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#E9E753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E753

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E753	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.165 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee8b',
    500: '#e9e753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e753;
$custom-light: #f3ee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.2,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90318,
    "c": 0.16505,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E753

secondary

#3335AD

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E753

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

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