#E9DF59#E9DF59

#E9DF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.153 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DF59
RGB	rgb(233, 223, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -12.53, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 66.04, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0397 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.153 105)
XYZ	xyz(61.7973, 70.8224, 19.8641)
Luminance	0.7082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DF59 #5963E9

analogous

#E99759 #E9DF59 #ABE959

triadic

#E9DF59 #59E9DF #DF59E9

tetradic

#E9DF59 #59E997 #5963E9 #E959AB

square

#E9DF59 #59E997 #5963E9 #E959AB

split-complementary

#E9DF59 #59ABE9 #9759E9

monochromatic

#B0A617 #E2D523 #E9DF59 #F0E98F #F7F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9DF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#E9DF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DF59

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DF59	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9df59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 223, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.153 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e88d',
    500: '#e9df59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9df59;
$custom-light: #f3e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9df59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88705,
    "c": 0.15295,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.7082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DF59

secondary

#353EB1

accent

#1BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DF59

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

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