#E9E062#E9E062

#E9E062 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.147 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E062
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -12.42, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 62.62, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0384 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.147 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4666, 71.5189, 22.0669)
Luminance	0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E062 #626BE9

analogous

#E99D62 #E9E062 #AFE962

triadic

#E9E062 #62E9E0 #E062E9

tetradic

#E9E062 #62E99D #626BE9 #E962AF

square

#E9E062 #62E99D #626BE9 #E962AF

split-complementary

#E9E062 #62AFE9 #9D62E9

monochromatic

#B7AC1A #E1D52C #E9E062 #F1EB98 #F8F5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E062 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#E9E062 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E062

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E062	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E062	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e062;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.147 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e993',
    500: '#e9e062',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e062;
$custom-light: #f3e993;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e062",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88999,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E062

secondary

#3841B7

accent

#1BD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E062

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

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