#E9E05B#E9E05B

#E9E05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.152 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E05B
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -12.89, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 65.58, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(88.93% -0.0405 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(88.93% 0.152 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.1504, 71.3924, 20.4018)
Luminance	0.7139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E05B #5B64E9

analogous

#E9995B #E9E05B #ABE95B

triadic

#E9E05B #5BE9E0 #E05BE9

tetradic

#E9E05B #5BE999 #5B64E9 #E95BAB

square

#E9E05B #5BE999 #5B64E9 #E95BAB

split-complementary

#E9E05B #5BABE9 #995BE9

monochromatic

#B2A818 #E2D625 #E9E05B #F0EA91 #F7F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#E9E05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E05B

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E05B	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.152 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98f',
    500: '#e9e05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e05b;
$custom-light: #f3e98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88931,
    "c": 0.15234,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E05B

secondary

#363EB2

accent

#1AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E05B

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

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