#E9E65C#E9E65C

#E9E65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.157 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E65C
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 92)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -15.79, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 67.46, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.0486 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.157 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.8349, 74.6919, 21.1775)
Luminance	0.7469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E65C #5C5FE9

analogous

#E99F5C #E9E65C #A5E95C

triadic

#E9E65C #5CE9E6 #E65CE9

tetradic

#E9E65C #5CE99F #5C5FE9 #E95CA5

square

#E9E65C #5CE99F #5C5FE9 #E95CA5

split-complementary

#E9E65C #5CA5E9 #9F5CE9

monochromatic

#B3AF18 #E2DE26 #E9E65C #F0EE92 #F8F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#E9E65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E65C

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E65C	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.157 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed90',
    500: '#e9e65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e65c;
$custom-light: #f3ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90187,
    "c": 0.15739,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.7469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E65C

secondary

#3639B3

accent

#11D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E65C

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

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