#E9EA52#E9EA52

#E9EA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.169 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA52
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 82)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 65%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -18.34, 70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 72.94, 104.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0569 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.169 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.5522, 76.7803, 19.4007)
Luminance	0.7678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA52 #5352EA

analogous

#EA9F52 #E9EA52 #9DEA52

triadic

#E9EA52 #52E9EA #EA52E9

tetradic

#E9EA52 #52EA9F #5352EA #EA529D

square

#E9EA52 #52EA9F #5352EA #EA529D

split-complementary

#E9EA52 #529DEA #9F52EA

monochromatic

#ACAD15 #E2E31C #E9EA52 #F0F189 #F7F7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E9EA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA52

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA52	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.169 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08a',
    500: '#e9ea52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea52;
$custom-light: #f3f08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.395,
    "s": 78.351,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90938,
    "c": 0.1687,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA52

secondary

#3333AE

accent

#0BDB0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA52

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

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