#E9E65D#E9E65D

#E9E65D 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	#E9E65D
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.26, -15.72, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.26, 67.05, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0483 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.157 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.8789, 74.7095, 21.4092)
Luminance	0.7471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E65D #5D60E9

analogous

#E9A05D #E9E65D #A6E95D

triadic

#E9E65D #5DE9E6 #E65DE9

tetradic

#E9E65D #5DE9A0 #5D60E9 #E95DA6

square

#E9E65D #5DE9A0 #5D60E9 #E95DA6

split-complementary

#E9E65D #5DA6E9 #A05DE9

monochromatic

#B3B018 #E2DE27 #E9E65D #F0EE93 #F8F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#E9E65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E65D

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E65D	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)

#F8DD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.157 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed90',
    500: '#e9e65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e65d;
$custom-light: #f3ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90196,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.74708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E65D

secondary

#3739B3

accent

#12D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E65D

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

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