#E9EA57#E9EA57

#E9EA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.165 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA57
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -18.05, 68.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 71.02, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(90.98% -0.0555 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(90.98% 0.165 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.7494, 76.8592, 20.4395)
Luminance	0.7686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA57 #5857EA

analogous

#EAA157 #E9EA57 #9FEA57

triadic

#E9EA57 #57E9EA #EA57E9

tetradic

#E9EA57 #57EAA1 #5857EA #EA579F

square

#E9EA57 #57EAA1 #5857EA #EA579F

split-complementary

#E9EA57 #579FEA #A157EA

monochromatic

#AFB116 #E2E321 #E9EA57 #F0F18D #F7F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#E9EA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA57

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA57	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)

#FCE144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.165 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08d',
    500: '#e9ea57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea57;
$custom-light: #f3f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90978,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA57

secondary

#3534B1

accent

#0BDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA57

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

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