#E9EA59#E9EA59

#E9EA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.164 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA59
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.27, -17.93, 67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.27, 70.23, 104.79°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.055 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.164 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8323, 76.8923, 20.8758)
Luminance	0.7689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA59 #5A59EA

analogous

#EAA259 #E9EA59 #A0EA59

triadic

#E9EA59 #59E9EA #EA59E9

tetradic

#E9EA59 #59EAA2 #5A59EA #EA59A0

square

#E9EA59 #59EAA2 #5A59EA #EA59A0

split-complementary

#E9EA59 #59A0EA #A259EA

monochromatic

#B1B217 #E2E323 #E9EA59 #F0F18F #F7F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#E9EA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA59

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA59	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.164 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08e',
    500: '#e9ea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea59;
$custom-light: #f3f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.414,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90995,
    "c": 0.1637,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA59

secondary

#3635B2

accent

#0CDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA59

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

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