#E9EA5F#E9EA5F

#E9EA5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.159 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA5F
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -17.55, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 67.81, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0533 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.159 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.0946, 76.9972, 22.2572)
Luminance	0.7700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA5F #605FEA

analogous

#EAA65F #E9EA5F #A3EA5F

triadic

#E9EA5F #5FE9EA #EA5FE9

tetradic

#E9EA5F #5FEAA6 #605FEA #EA5FA3

square

#E9EA5F #5FEAA6 #605FEA #EA5FA3

split-complementary

#E9EA5F #5FA3EA #A65FEA

monochromatic

#B5B718 #E2E329 #E9EA5F #F0F195 #F8F8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#E9EA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA5F

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA5F	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.159 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f092',
    500: '#e9ea5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea5f;
$custom-light: #f3f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91049,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA5F

secondary

#3837B6

accent

#0CD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA5F

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

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