#E9E65F#E9E65F

#E9E65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.155 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E65F
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 95)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -15.59, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 66.22, 103.62°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0477 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.155 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9686, 74.7454, 21.8819)
Luminance	0.7474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E65F #5F62E9

analogous

#E9A15F #E9E65F #A7E95F

triadic

#E9E65F #5FE9E6 #E65FE9

tetradic

#E9E65F #5FE9A1 #5F62E9 #E95FA7

square

#E9E65F #5FE9A1 #5F62E9 #E95FA7

split-complementary

#E9E65F #5FA7E9 #A15FE9

monochromatic

#B5B119 #E2DE29 #E9E65F #F0EE95 #F8F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#E9E65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E65F

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E65F	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)

#F7DE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.155 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed92',
    500: '#e9e65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e65f;
$custom-light: #f3ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90215,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E65F

secondary

#373AB5

accent

#12D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E65F

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

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