#E9EA5A#E9EA5A

#E9EA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.163 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA5A
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -17.87, 67.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 69.83, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91% -0.0547 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(91% 0.163 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.8745, 76.9092, 21.0984)
Luminance	0.7691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA5A #5B5AEA

analogous

#EAA35A #E9EA5A #A1EA5A

triadic

#E9EA5A #5AE9EA #EA5AE9

tetradic

#E9EA5A #5AEAA3 #5B5AEA #EA5AA1

square

#E9EA5A #5AEAA3 #5B5AEA #EA5AA1

split-complementary

#E9EA5A #5AA1EA #A35AEA

monochromatic

#B2B317 #E2E324 #E9EA5A #F0F190 #F7F8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#E9EA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA5A

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA5A	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)

#FCE148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.163 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08f',
    500: '#e9ea5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea5a;
$custom-light: #f3f08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.417,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91004,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA5A

secondary

#3635B3

accent

#0CDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA5A

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

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