#E9E05C#E9E05C

#E9E05C 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#E9E05C
RGBrgb(233, 224, 92)
HSLhsl(56, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(56, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.68, -12.83, 63.89)
CIE-LCHlch(87.68, 65.17, 101.35°)
OKLaboklab(88.94% -0.0402 0.1461)
OKLCHoklch(88.94% 0.152 105.4)
XYZxyz(62.1938, 71.4098, 20.6305)
Luminance0.7141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E05C #5C65E9
analogous
#E9995C #E9E05C #ABE95C
triadic
#E9E05C #5CE9E0 #E05CE9
tetradic
#E9E05C #5CE999 #5C65E9 #E95CAB
square
#E9E05C #5CE999 #5C65E9 #E95CAB
split-complementary
#E9E05C #5CABE9 #995CE9
monochromatic
#B3A918 #E2D626 #E9E05C #F0EA92 #F8F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#E9E05C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28
#E9E05C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E05C
15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E05C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E05C1.001.3715.2815.28
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.2821.001.001.00
##00000015.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D84D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F5DF63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D2C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.152 105.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e98f',
    500: '#e9e05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e05c;
$custom-light: #f3e98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8894,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E05C
secondary
#363EB3
accent
#1AD80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E05C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva