#E9ED57#E9ED57

#E9ED57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.168 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ED57
RGB	rgb(233, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -19.51, 69.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 72.20, 105.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0596 0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.168 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6107, 78.5818, 20.7266)
Luminance	0.7858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ED57 #5B57ED

analogous

#EDA657 #E9ED57 #9EED57

triadic

#E9ED57 #57E9ED #ED57E9

tetradic

#E9ED57 #57EDA6 #5B57ED #ED579E

square

#E9ED57 #57EDA6 #5B57ED #ED579E

split-complementary

#E9ED57 #579EED #A657ED

monochromatic

#B2B614 #E2E720 #E9ED57 #F0F38E #F7F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9ED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#E9ED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ED57

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ED57	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ed57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.168 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f28d',
    500: '#e9ed57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ed57;
$custom-light: #f3f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ed57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.6,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91608,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ED57

secondary

#3633B6

accent

#09DD0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ED57

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

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