#E9E15C#E9E15C

#E9E15C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.152 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E15C
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -13.32, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 65.54, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0416 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.153 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.4634, 71.9488, 20.7203)
Luminance	0.7195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E15C #5C64E9

analogous

#E99A5C #E9E15C #AAE95C

triadic

#E9E15C #5CE9E1 #E15CE9

tetradic

#E9E15C #5CE99A #5C64E9 #E95CAA

square

#E9E15C #5CE99A #5C64E9 #E95CAA

split-complementary

#E9E15C #5CAAE9 #9A5CE9

monochromatic

#B3AA18 #E2D726 #E9E15C #F0EB92 #F8F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#E9E15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E15C

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E15C	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)

#F3D94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.152 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8f',
    500: '#e9e15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e15c;
$custom-light: #f3ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.596,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89147,
    "c": 0.1525,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E15C

secondary

#363DB3

accent

#19D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E15C

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

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