#E9E95D#E9E95D

#E9E95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.160 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E95D
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -17.19, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 68.23, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.82% -0.0525 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(90.82% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.7209, 76.3936, 21.6899)
Luminance	0.7639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E95D #5D5DE9

analogous

#E9A35D #E9E95D #A3E95D

triadic

#E9E95D #5DE9E9 #E95DE9

tetradic

#E9E95D #5DE9A3 #5D5DE9 #E95DA3

square

#E9E95D #5DE9A3 #5D5DE9 #E95DA3

split-complementary

#E9E95D #5DA3E9 #A35DE9

monochromatic

#B3B318 #E2E227 #E9E95D #F0F093 #F8F8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#E9E95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E95D

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E95D	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef91',
    500: '#e9e95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e95d;
$custom-light: #f3ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90822,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E95D

secondary

#3737B3

accent

#0DD80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E95D

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

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