#E9E762#E9E762

#E9E762 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.154 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E762
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.56, -15.88, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.56, 65.36, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0482 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.154 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3867, 75.3591, 22.7070)
Luminance	0.7536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E762 #6264E9

analogous

#E9A362 #E9E762 #A8E962

triadic

#E9E762 #62E9E7 #E762E9

tetradic

#E9E762 #62E9A3 #6264E9 #E962A8

square

#E9E762 #62E9A3 #6264E9 #E962A8

split-complementary

#E9E762 #62A8E9 #A362E9

monochromatic

#B7B51A #E1DF2C #E9E762 #F1EF98 #F8F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#E9E762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E762

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E762	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.154 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee93',
    500: '#e9e762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e762;
$custom-light: #f3ee93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90452,
    "c": 0.1536,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E762

secondary

#383AB7

accent

#11D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E762

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

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