#E9E95A#E9E95A

#E9E95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.162 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E95A
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.02, -17.38, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.02, 69.44, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.8% -0.0533 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(90.8% 0.162 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.5907, 76.3414, 21.0038)
Luminance	0.7634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E95A #5A5AE9

analogous

#E9A15A #E9E95A #A1E95A

triadic

#E9E95A #5AE9E9 #E95AE9

tetradic

#E9E95A #5AE9A1 #5A5AE9 #E95AA1

square

#E9E95A #5AE9A1 #5A5AE9 #E95AA1

split-complementary

#E9E95A #5AA1E9 #A15AE9

monochromatic

#B1B118 #E2E224 #E9E95A #F0F090 #F7F7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#E9E95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E95A

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E95A	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.162 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8f',
    500: '#e9e95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e95a;
$custom-light: #f3ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90795,
    "c": 0.16194,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E95A

secondary

#3636B1

accent

#0DD90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E95A

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

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