#E9E953#E9E953

#E9E953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.167 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E953
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -17.80, 69.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 72.18, 104.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0552 0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.167 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3066, 76.2278, 19.5079)
Luminance	0.7623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E953 #5353E9

analogous

#E99E53 #E9E953 #9EE953

triadic

#E9E953 #53E9E9 #E953E9

tetradic

#E9E953 #53E99E #5353E9 #E9539E

square

#E9E953 #53E99E #5353E9 #E9539E

split-complementary

#E9E953 #539EE9 #9E53E9

monochromatic

#ACAC16 #E2E21D #E9E953 #F0F089 #F7F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#E9E953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E953

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E953	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.167 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8b',
    500: '#e9e953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e953;
$custom-light: #f3ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90736,
    "c": 0.16702,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E953

secondary

#3333AD

accent

#0CDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E953

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

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