#E9E565#E9E565

#E9E565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.149 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E565
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -14.68, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 63.28, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(90.07% -0.0445 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(90.07% 0.149 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.9745, 74.3037, 23.2815)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E565 #6569E9

analogous

#E9A365 #E9E565 #ABE965

triadic

#E9E565 #65E9E5 #E565E9

tetradic

#E9E565 #65E9A3 #6569E9 #E965AB

square

#E9E565 #65E9A3 #6569E9 #E965AB

split-complementary

#E9E565 #65ABE9 #A365E9

monochromatic

#B9B41A #E1DC2F #E9E565 #F1EE9B #F8F7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E9E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E565

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E565	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.149 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed95',
    500: '#e9e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e565;
$custom-light: #f3ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90066,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E565

secondary

#3A3DB9

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E565

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

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