#E9EA5D#E9EA5D

#E9EA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.161 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA5D
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -17.68, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 68.62, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0539 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.161 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.0048, 76.9613, 21.7846)
Luminance	0.7696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA5D #5E5DEA

analogous

#EAA55D #E9EA5D #A2EA5D

triadic

#E9EA5D #5DE9EA #EA5DE9

tetradic

#E9EA5D #5DEAA5 #5E5DEA #EA5DA2

square

#E9EA5D #5DEAA5 #5E5DEA #EA5DA2

split-complementary

#E9EA5D #5DA2EA #A55DEA

monochromatic

#B4B517 #E2E327 #E9EA5D #F0F193 #F8F8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#E9EA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA5D

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA5D	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.161 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f091',
    500: '#e9ea5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea5d;
$custom-light: #f3f091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 77.049,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91031,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA5D

secondary

#3736B5

accent

#0CD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA5D

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

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