#E9E65E#E9E65E

#E9E65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.156 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E65E
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -15.66, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 66.63, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.048 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.156 108)
XYZ	xyz(63.9235, 74.7273, 21.6440)
Luminance	0.7472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E65E #5E61E9

analogous

#E9A15E #E9E65E #A7E95E

triadic

#E9E65E #5EE9E6 #E65EE9

tetradic

#E9E65E #5EE9A1 #5E61E9 #E95EA7

square

#E9E65E #5EE9A1 #5E61E9 #E95EA7

split-complementary

#E9E65E #5EA7E9 #A15EE9

monochromatic

#B4B119 #E2DE28 #E9E65E #F0EE94 #F8F7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E9E65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E65E

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E65E	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.156 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed91',
    500: '#e9e65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e65e;
$custom-light: #f3ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90205,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.74725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E65E

secondary

#373AB4

accent

#12D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E65E

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

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