#E9EA56#E9EA56

#E9EA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.166 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA56
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -18.11, 69.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 71.41, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0558 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.166 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7089, 76.8429, 20.2258)
Luminance	0.7684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA56 #5756EA

analogous

#EAA156 #E9EA56 #9FEA56

triadic

#E9EA56 #56E9EA #EA56E9

tetradic

#E9EA56 #56EAA1 #5756EA #EA569F

square

#E9EA56 #56EAA1 #5756EA #EA569F

split-complementary

#E9EA56 #569FEA #A156EA

monochromatic

#AFB016 #E2E320 #E9EA56 #F0F18C #F7F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#E9EA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA56

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA56	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.166 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08d',
    500: '#e9ea56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea56;
$custom-light: #f3f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 77.895,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9097,
    "c": 0.16589,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA56

secondary

#3534B0

accent

#0BDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA56

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

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