#E9EA5B#E9EA5B

#E9EA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.162 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA5B
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 61.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -17.81, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 69.43, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0544 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.162 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.9174, 76.9264, 21.3241)
Luminance	0.7692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA5B #5C5BEA

analogous

#EAA35B #E9EA5B #A1EA5B

triadic

#E9EA5B #5BE9EA #EA5BE9

tetradic

#E9EA5B #5BEAA3 #5C5BEA #EA5BA1

square

#E9EA5B #5BEAA3 #5C5BEA #EA5BA1

split-complementary

#E9EA5B #5BA1EA #A35BEA

monochromatic

#B3B417 #E2E325 #E9EA5B #F0F191 #F8F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#E9EA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA5B

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA5B	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)

#FBE149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.162 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08f',
    500: '#e9ea5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea5b;
$custom-light: #f3f08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91013,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA5B

secondary

#3636B4

accent

#0CDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA5B

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

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