#E9E95B#E9E95B

#E9E95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.161 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E95B
RGBrgb(233, 233, 91)
HSLhsl(60, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(60, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(90.03, -17.32, 66.83)
CIE-LCHlch(90.03, 69.04, 104.53°)
OKLaboklab(90.8% -0.0531 0.1522)
OKLCHoklch(90.8% 0.161 109.2)
XYZxyz(64.6335, 76.3586, 21.2295)
Luminance0.7636 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E95B #5B5BE9
analogous
#E9A25B #E9E95B #A2E95B
triadic
#E9E95B #5BE9E9 #E95BE9
tetradic
#E9E95B #5BE9A2 #5B5BE9 #E95BA2
square
#E9E95B #5BE9A2 #5B5BE9 #E95BA2
split-complementary
#E9E95B #5BA2E9 #A25BE9
monochromatic
#B2B218 #E2E225 #E9E95B #F0F091 #F7F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29
#E9E95B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27
#E9E95B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E95B
16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E95B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E95B1.001.2916.2716.27
#FFFFFF1.291.0021.0021.00
#00000016.2721.001.001.00
##00000016.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#FBE04A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FCE564
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8DBCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.161 109.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8f',
    500: '#e9e95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e95b;
$custom-light: #f3ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90804,
    "c": 0.16117,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E95B
secondary
#3636B2
accent
#0DD90D
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F

Preview Lab

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#E9E95B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva