#E9E059#E9E059

#E9E059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.154 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E059
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -13.02, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 66.41, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.0411 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.154 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.0653, 71.3583, 19.9535)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E059 #5962E9

analogous

#E99859 #E9E059 #AAE959

triadic

#E9E059 #59E9E0 #E059E9

tetradic

#E9E059 #59E998 #5962E9 #E959AA

square

#E9E059 #59E998 #5962E9 #E959AA

split-complementary

#E9E059 #59AAE9 #9859E9

monochromatic

#B0A717 #E2D623 #E9E059 #F0EA8F #F7F4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E9E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E059

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E059	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.154 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98e',
    500: '#e9e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e059;
$custom-light: #f3e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88913,
    "c": 0.15389,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E059

secondary

#353DB1

accent

#19D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E059

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

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