#E9E65A#E9E65A

#E9E65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.159 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E65A
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.23, -15.92, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.23, 68.27, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0492 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.159 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.7486, 74.6574, 20.7231)
Luminance	0.7466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E65A #5A5DE9

analogous

#E99E5A #E9E65A #A4E95A

triadic

#E9E65A #5AE9E6 #E65AE9

tetradic

#E9E65A #5AE99E #5A5DE9 #E95AA4

square

#E9E65A #5AE99E #5A5DE9 #E95AA4

split-complementary

#E9E65A #5AA4E9 #9E5AE9

monochromatic

#B1AE18 #E2DE24 #E9E65A #F0EE90 #F7F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E9E65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E65A

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E65A	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.159 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8f',
    500: '#e9e65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e65a;
$custom-light: #f3ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90168,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.74655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E65A

secondary

#3638B1

accent

#11D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E65A

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

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