#E9E65B#E9E65B

#E9E65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.158 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E65B
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -15.85, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 67.87, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0489 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.158 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.7915, 74.6745, 20.9488)
Luminance	0.7467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E65B #5B5EE9

analogous

#E99F5B #E9E65B #A5E95B

triadic

#E9E65B #5BE9E6 #E65BE9

tetradic

#E9E65B #5BE99F #5B5EE9 #E95BA5

square

#E9E65B #5BE99F #5B5EE9 #E95BA5

split-complementary

#E9E65B #5BA5E9 #9F5BE9

monochromatic

#B2AF18 #E2DE25 #E9E65B #F0EE91 #F7F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#E9E65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E65B

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E65B	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)

#F8DD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.158 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8f',
    500: '#e9e65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e65b;
$custom-light: #f3ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90177,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.74673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E65B

secondary

#3639B2

accent

#11D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E65B

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

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