#E9E159#E9E159

#E9E159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.155 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E159
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -13.52, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 66.78, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0425 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.155 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3348, 71.8974, 20.0433)
Luminance	0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E159 #5961E9

analogous

#E99959 #E9E159 #A9E959

triadic

#E9E159 #59E9E1 #E159E9

tetradic

#E9E159 #59E999 #5961E9 #E959A9

square

#E9E159 #59E999 #5961E9 #E959A9

split-complementary

#E9E159 #59A9E9 #9959E9

monochromatic

#B0A817 #E2D723 #E9E159 #F0EB8F #F7F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E9E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E159

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E159	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.155 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8e',
    500: '#e9e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e159;
$custom-light: #f3ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8912,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E159

secondary

#353CB1

accent

#18D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E159

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

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