#E9E05E#E9E05E

#E9E05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.150 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E05E
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -12.70, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 64.33, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.96% -0.0396 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(88.96% 0.15 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2824, 71.4452, 21.0970)
Luminance	0.7144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E05E #5E67E9

analogous

#E99B5E #E9E05E #ADE95E

triadic

#E9E05E #5EE9E0 #E05EE9

tetradic

#E9E05E #5EE99B #5E67E9 #E95EAD

square

#E9E05E #5EE99B #5E67E9 #E95EAD

split-complementary

#E9E05E #5EADE9 #9B5EE9

monochromatic

#B4AA19 #E2D628 #E9E05E #F0EA94 #F8F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#E9E05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E05E

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E05E	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)

#F2D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.150 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e991',
    500: '#e9e05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e05e;
$custom-light: #f3e991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88959,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E05E

secondary

#373FB4

accent

#1AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E05E

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

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