#E9D959#E9D959

#E9D959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D959
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -9.53, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 63.88, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0312 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.2226, 67.6730, 19.3392)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D959 #5969E9

analogous

#E99159 #E9D959 #B1E959

triadic

#E9D959 #59E9D9 #D959E9

tetradic

#E9D959 #59E991 #5969E9 #E959B1

square

#E9D959 #59E991 #5969E9 #E959B1

split-complementary

#E9D959 #59B1E9 #9159E9

monochromatic

#B09F17 #E2CD23 #E9D959 #F0E58F #F7F2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#E9D959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D959

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D959	1.00	1.44	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e48d',
    500: '#e9d959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d959;
$custom-light: #f3e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87469,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D959

secondary

#3543B1

accent

#23D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D959

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

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