#E9E15B#E9E15B

#E9E15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.153 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E15B
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -13.39, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 65.96, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0419 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.153 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.4200, 71.9315, 20.4916)
Luminance	0.7193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E15B #5B63E9

analogous

#E99A5B #E9E15B #AAE95B

triadic

#E9E15B #5BE9E1 #E15BE9

tetradic

#E9E15B #5BE99A #5B63E9 #E95BAA

square

#E9E15B #5BE99A #5B63E9 #E95BAA

split-complementary

#E9E15B #5BAAE9 #9A5BE9

monochromatic

#B2A918 #E2D725 #E9E15B #F0EB91 #F7F5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E9E15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E15B

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E15B	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.153 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8f',
    500: '#e9e15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e15b;
$custom-light: #f3ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89138,
    "c": 0.15329,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E15B

secondary

#363DB2

accent

#18D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E15B

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

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