#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
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.14, -12.03, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.14, 65.67, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0383 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.152 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.5309, 70.2897, 19.7753)
Luminance	0.7029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9DE59	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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