#E9E35F#E9E35F

#E9E35F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.152 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E35F
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -14.11, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 65.05, 102.53°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0436 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.152 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.1410, 73.0900, 21.6060)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E35F #5F65E9

analogous

#E99E5F #E9E35F #AAE95F

triadic

#E9E35F #5FE9E3 #E35FE9

tetradic

#E9E35F #5FE99E #5F65E9 #E95FAA

square

#E9E35F #5FE99E #5F65E9 #E95FAA

split-complementary

#E9E35F #5FAAE9 #9E5FE9

monochromatic

#B5AE19 #E2DA29 #E9E35F #F0EC95 #F8F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#E9E35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E35F

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E35F	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.152 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb91',
    500: '#e9e35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e35f;
$custom-light: #f3eb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89591,
    "c": 0.15204,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E35F

secondary

#373DB5

accent

#16D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E35F

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

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