#E9E759#E9E759

#E9E759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.161 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E759
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -16.47, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 69.06, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0509 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.161 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.9854, 75.1986, 20.5935)
Luminance	0.7520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E759 #595BE9

analogous

#E99F59 #E9E759 #A3E959

triadic

#E9E759 #59E9E7 #E759E9

tetradic

#E9E759 #59E99F #595BE9 #E959A3

square

#E9E759 #59E99F #595BE9 #E959A3

split-complementary

#E9E759 #59A3E9 #9F59E9

monochromatic

#B0AE17 #E2DF23 #E9E759 #F0EF8F #F7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#E9E759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E759

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E759	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.161 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee8e',
    500: '#e9e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e759;
$custom-light: #f3ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90368,
    "c": 0.16068,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E759

secondary

#3537B1

accent

#10D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E759

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

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