#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
RGBrgb(233, 224, 89)
HSLhsl(56, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(56, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.66, -13.02, 65.12)
CIE-LCHlch(87.66, 66.41, 101.31°)
OKLaboklab(88.91% -0.0411 0.1483)
OKLCHoklch(88.91% 0.154 105.5)
XYZxyz(62.0653, 71.3583, 19.9535)
Luminance0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E9E0591.001.3815.2715.27
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2721.001.001.00
##00000015.2721.001.001.00

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

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#E9E059 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva