#E9DE59#E9DE59

#E9DE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.152 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9DE59
RGBrgb(233, 222, 89)
HSLhsl(55, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(55, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.14, -12.03, 64.56)
CIE-LCHlch(87.14, 65.67, 100.55°)
OKLaboklab(88.5% -0.0383 0.1471)
OKLCHoklch(88.5% 0.152 104.6)
XYZxyz(61.5309, 70.2897, 19.7753)
Luminance0.7029 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9DE59 #5964E9
analogous
#E99659 #E9DE59 #ACE959
triadic
#E9DE59 #59E9DE #DE59E9
tetradic
#E9DE59 #59E996 #5964E9 #E959AC
square
#E9DE59 #59E996 #5964E9 #E959AC
split-complementary
#E9DE59 #59ACE9 #9659E9
monochromatic
#B0A517 #E2D323 #E9DE59 #F0E98F #F7F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39
#E9DE59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06
#E9DE59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE59
15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9DE59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9DE591.001.3915.0615.06
#FFFFFF1.391.0021.0021.00
#00000015.0621.001.001.00
##00000015.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0D749
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F4DD61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D0C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9de59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.152 104.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e88d',
    500: '#e9de59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9de59;
$custom-light: #f3e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9de59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88499,
    "c": 0.15202,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9DE59
secondary
#353FB1
accent
#1CD90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE59

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#E9DE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva