#E9E35A#E9E35A

#E9E35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.156 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E35A
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.45, -14.44, 65.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.45, 67.13, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.045 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.156 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.9209, 73.0020, 20.4472)
Luminance	0.7300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E35A #5A60E9

analogous

#E99C5A #E9E35A #A7E95A

triadic

#E9E35A #5AE9E3 #E35AE9

tetradic

#E9E35A #5AE99C #5A60E9 #E95AA7

square

#E9E35A #5AE99C #5A60E9 #E95AA7

split-complementary

#E9E35A #5AA7E9 #9C5AE9

monochromatic

#B1AB18 #E2DA24 #E9E35A #F0EC90 #F7F5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E9E35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E35A

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E35A	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.156 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb8e',
    500: '#e9e35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e35a;
$custom-light: #f3eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89544,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E35A

secondary

#363BB1

accent

#15D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E35A

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

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