#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
RGBrgb(233, 225, 90)
HSLhsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.93, -13.45, 64.99)
CIE-LCHlch(87.93, 66.37, 101.69°)
OKLaboklab(89.13% -0.0422 0.1482)
OKLCHoklch(89.13% 0.154 105.9)
XYZxyz(62.3771, 71.9143, 20.2660)
Luminance0.7191 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9E15A1.001.3715.3815.38
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3821.001.001.00
##00000015.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#E9E15A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva