#E9D059#E9D059

#E9D059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D059
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -4.98, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 60.85, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0181 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.9658, 63.1593, 18.5870)
Luminance	0.6316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D059 #5972E9

analogous

#E98859 #E9D059 #BAE959

triadic

#E9D059 #59E9D0 #D059E9

tetradic

#E9D059 #59E988 #5972E9 #E959BA

square

#E9D059 #59E988 #5972E9 #E959BA

split-complementary

#E9D059 #59BAE9 #8859E9

monochromatic

#B09617 #E2C123 #E9D059 #F0DF8F #F7EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#E9D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D059

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D059	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8c',
    500: '#e9d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d059;
$custom-light: #f3de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85631,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D059

secondary

#354BB1

accent

#30D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D059

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

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