#E9E05D#E9E05D

#E9E05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.151 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E05D
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -12.76, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 64.75, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0399 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.151 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2378, 71.4274, 20.8622)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E05D #5D66E9

analogous

#E99A5D #E9E05D #ACE95D

triadic

#E9E05D #5DE9E0 #E05DE9

tetradic

#E9E05D #5DE99A #5D66E9 #E95DAC

square

#E9E05D #5DE99A #5D66E9 #E95DAC

split-complementary

#E9E05D #5DACE9 #9A5DE9

monochromatic

#B3A918 #E2D627 #E9E05D #F0EA93 #F8F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E9E05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E05D

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E05D	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.151 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e990',
    500: '#e9e05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e05d;
$custom-light: #f3e990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8895,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E05D

secondary

#373FB3

accent

#1AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E05D

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

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