#E9E75B#E9E75B

#E9E75B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.159 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E75B
RGB	rgb(233, 231, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -16.34, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 68.26, 103.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0503 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.159 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0705, 75.2327, 21.0418)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E75B #5B5DE9

analogous

#E9A05B #E9E75B #A4E95B

triadic

#E9E75B #5BE9E7 #E75BE9

tetradic

#E9E75B #5BE9A0 #5B5DE9 #E95BA4

square

#E9E75B #5BE9A0 #5B5DE9 #E95BA4

split-complementary

#E9E75B #5BA4E9 #A05BE9

monochromatic

#B2B018 #E2DF25 #E9E75B #F0EF91 #F7F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E9E75B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#E9E75B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E75B

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E75B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E75B	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e75b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 231, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.159 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ee8f',
    500: '#e9e75b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e75b;
$custom-light: #f3ee8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e75b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90386,
    "c": 0.15917,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E75B

secondary

#3638B2

accent

#10D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E75B

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

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