#E9E95E#E9E95E

#E9E95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.159 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E95E
RGB	rgb(233, 233, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -17.13, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 67.82, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0522 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.159 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.7655, 76.4114, 21.9247)
Luminance	0.7641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E95E #5E5EE9

analogous

#E9A45E #E9E95E #A4E95E

triadic

#E9E95E #5EE9E9 #E95EE9

tetradic

#E9E95E #5EE9A4 #5E5EE9 #E95EA4

square

#E9E95E #5EE9A4 #5E5EE9 #E95EA4

split-complementary

#E9E95E #5EA4E9 #A45EE9

monochromatic

#B4B419 #E2E228 #E9E95E #F0F094 #F8F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#E9E95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#E9E95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E95E

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E95E	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)

#FAE04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 233, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.159 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef91',
    500: '#e9e95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e95e;
$custom-light: #f3ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90831,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E95E

secondary

#3737B4

accent

#0DD80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E95E

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

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