#E9E853#E9E853

#E9E853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.166 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E853
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -17.31, 69.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 71.80, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0539 0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.166 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0243, 75.6633, 19.4138)
Luminance	0.7566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E853 #5354E9

analogous

#E99D53 #E9E853 #9FE953

triadic

#E9E853 #53E9E8 #E853E9

tetradic

#E9E853 #53E99D #5354E9 #E9539F

square

#E9E853 #53E99D #5354E9 #E9539F

split-complementary

#E9E853 #539FE9 #9D53E9

monochromatic

#ACAB16 #E2E11D #E9E853 #F0EF89 #F7F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#E9E853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E853

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E853	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.166 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8b',
    500: '#e9e853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e853;
$custom-light: #f3ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.6,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90527,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E853

secondary

#3334AD

accent

#0DDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E853

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

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