#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
RGBrgb(233, 225, 89)
HSLhsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.92, -13.52, 65.40)
CIE-LCHlch(87.92, 66.78, 101.68°)
OKLaboklab(89.12% -0.0425 0.1489)
OKLCHoklch(89.12% 0.155 105.9)
XYZxyz(62.3348, 71.8974, 20.0433)
Luminance0.7189 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E9E1591.001.3715.3815.38
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3821.001.001.00
##00000015.3821.001.001.00

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

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#E9E159 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva