#E9E05A#E9E05A

#E9E05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.153 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E05A
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -12.96, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 66.00, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0408 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.153 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1076, 71.3753, 20.1761)
Luminance	0.7137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E05A #5A63E9

analogous

#E9985A #E9E05A #AAE95A

triadic

#E9E05A #5AE9E0 #E05AE9

tetradic

#E9E05A #5AE998 #5A63E9 #E95AAA

square

#E9E05A #5AE998 #5A63E9 #E95AAA

split-complementary

#E9E05A #5AAAE9 #985AE9

monochromatic

#B1A718 #E2D624 #E9E05A #F0EA90 #F7F4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#E9E05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E05A

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E05A	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	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)

#F2D84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.153 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98e',
    500: '#e9e05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e05a;
$custom-light: #f3e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88922,
    "c": 0.15312,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E05A

secondary

#363EB1

accent

#1AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E05A

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

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