#E9E063#E9E063

#E9E063 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.146 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E063
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 99)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -12.35, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 62.19, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.01% -0.0381 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(89.01% 0.146 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.5141, 71.5379, 22.3172)
Luminance	0.7154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E063 #636CE9

analogous

#E99D63 #E9E063 #AFE963

triadic

#E9E063 #63E9E0 #E063E9

tetradic

#E9E063 #63E99D #636CE9 #E963AF

square

#E9E063 #63E99D #636CE9 #E963AF

split-complementary

#E9E063 #63AFE9 #9D63E9

monochromatic

#B8AD1A #E1D52D #E9E063 #F1EB99 #F8F5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E063 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#E9E063 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E063

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E063	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E063	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e063;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.146 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e994',
    500: '#e9e063',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e063;
$custom-light: #f3e994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e063",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8901,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E063

secondary

#3941B7

accent

#1CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E063

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

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