#E9E15A#E9E15A

#E9E15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.154 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E15A
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -13.45, 64.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 66.37, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0422 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.154 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.3771, 71.9143, 20.2660)
Luminance	0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E15A #5A62E9

analogous

#E9995A #E9E15A #AAE95A

triadic

#E9E15A #5AE9E1 #E15AE9

tetradic

#E9E15A #5AE999 #5A62E9 #E95AAA

square

#E9E15A #5AE999 #5A62E9 #E95AAA

split-complementary

#E9E15A #5AAAE9 #995AE9

monochromatic

#B1A818 #E2D724 #E9E15A #F0EB90 #F7F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E9E15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E15A

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E15A	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)

#F3D94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.154 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8e',
    500: '#e9e15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e15a;
$custom-light: #f3ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89129,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E15A

secondary

#363DB1

accent

#18D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E15A

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

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