#E9E563#E9E563

#E9E563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.151 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E563
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -14.83, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 64.14, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0452 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.151 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.8777, 74.2650, 22.7717)
Luminance	0.7426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E563 #6367E9

analogous

#E9A263 #E9E563 #AAE963

triadic

#E9E563 #63E9E5 #E563E9

tetradic

#E9E563 #63E9A2 #6367E9 #E963AA

square

#E9E563 #63E9A2 #6367E9 #E963AA

split-complementary

#E9E563 #63AAE9 #A263E9

monochromatic

#B8B31A #E1DC2D #E9E563 #F1EE99 #F8F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#E9E563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E563

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E563	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.151 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed94',
    500: '#e9e563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e563;
$custom-light: #f3ed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90046,
    "c": 0.15075,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E563

secondary

#393DB7

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E563

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

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