#E9E85B#E9E85B

#E9E85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.160 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E85B
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.76, -16.83, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.76, 68.65, 104.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.6% -0.0517 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(90.6% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3512, 75.7940, 21.1354)
Luminance	0.7579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E85B #5B5CE9

analogous

#E9A15B #E9E85B #A3E95B

triadic

#E9E85B #5BE9E8 #E85BE9

tetradic

#E9E85B #5BE9A1 #5B5CE9 #E95BA3

square

#E9E85B #5BE9A1 #5B5CE9 #E95BA3

split-complementary

#E9E85B #5BA3E9 #A15BE9

monochromatic

#B2B118 #E2E025 #E9E85B #F0F091 #F7F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#E9E85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E85B

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E85B	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8f',
    500: '#e9e85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e85b;
$custom-light: #f3ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90595,
    "c": 0.16017,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E85B

secondary

#3637B2

accent

#0ED90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E85B

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

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