#E9F257#E9F257

#E9F257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.173 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F257
RGB	rgb(233, 242, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 86%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(63, 64%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 64%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.36, -21.91, 70.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.36, 74.19, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0664 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.173 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.0786, 81.5175, 21.2159)
Luminance	0.8152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F257 #6057F2

analogous

#F2AE57 #E9F257 #9CF257

triadic

#E9F257 #57E9F2 #F257E9

tetradic

#E9F257 #57F2AE #6057F2 #F2579C

square

#E9F257 #57F2AE #6057F2 #F2579C

split-complementary

#E9F257 #579CF2 #AE57F2

monochromatic

#B5C00F #E2EE1E #E9F257 #F0F690 #F8FBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#E9F257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#E9F257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F257

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F257	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 242, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.173 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f68e',
    500: '#e9f257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f257;
$custom-light: #f3f68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.484,
    "s": 85.635,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9266,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F257

secondary

#3830BE

accent

#03E210

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F257

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

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