#E9E85D#E9E85D

#E9E85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.159 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E85D
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -16.70, 65.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 67.83, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.61% -0.0511 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(90.61% 0.159 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.4387, 75.8290, 21.5958)
Luminance	0.7583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E85D #5D5EE9

analogous

#E9A25D #E9E85D #A4E95D

triadic

#E9E85D #5DE9E8 #E85DE9

tetradic

#E9E85D #5DE9A2 #5D5EE9 #E95DA4

square

#E9E85D #5DE9A2 #5D5EE9 #E95DA4

split-complementary

#E9E85D #5DA4E9 #A25DE9

monochromatic

#B3B218 #E2E027 #E9E85D #F0F093 #F8F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#E9E85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E85D

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E85D	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.159 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef90',
    500: '#e9e85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e85d;
$custom-light: #f3ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.571,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90613,
    "c": 0.15862,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E85D

secondary

#3738B3

accent

#0FD80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E85D

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

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