#E9E856#E9E856

#E9E856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E856
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -17.14, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 70.64, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0531 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1427, 75.7106, 20.0371)
Luminance	0.7571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E856 #5657E9

analogous

#E99F56 #E9E856 #A0E956

triadic

#E9E856 #56E9E8 #E856E9

tetradic

#E9E856 #56E99F #5657E9 #E956A0

square

#E9E856 #56E99F #5657E9 #E956A0

split-complementary

#E9E856 #56A0E9 #9F56E9

monochromatic

#AEAD17 #E2E120 #E9E856 #F0EF8C #F7F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E9E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E856

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E856	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.164 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8c',
    500: '#e9e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e856;
$custom-light: #f3ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90551,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E856

secondary

#3435AF

accent

#0ED90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E856

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

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