#E9EF56#E9EF56

#E9EF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.171 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EF56
RGB	rgb(233, 239, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -20.53, 70.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 73.37, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.02% -0.0626 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(92.02% 0.171 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.1524, 79.7301, 20.7070)
Luminance	0.7973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EF56 #5C56EF

analogous

#EFA856 #E9EF56 #9CEF56

triadic

#E9EF56 #56E9EF #EF56E9

tetradic

#E9EF56 #56EFA8 #5C56EF #EF569C

square

#E9EF56 #56EFA8 #5C56EF #EF569C

split-complementary

#E9EF56 #569CEF #A856EF

monochromatic

#B3B912 #E2EA1E #E9EF56 #F0F48E #F8FAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E9EF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#E9EF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EF56

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EF56	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ef56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 239, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.171 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f48d',
    500: '#e9ef56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ef56;
$custom-light: #f3f48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ef56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9202,
    "c": 0.17099,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EF56

secondary

#3631B8

accent

#06DF0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EF56

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

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