#E9EA62#E9EA62

#E9EA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.157 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA62
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 58.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -17.34, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 66.56, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.08% -0.0524 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(91.08% 0.157 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.2336, 77.0528, 22.9893)
Luminance	0.7705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA62 #6362EA

analogous

#EAA762 #E9EA62 #A5EA62

triadic

#E9EA62 #62E9EA #EA62E9

tetradic

#E9EA62 #62EAA7 #6362EA #EA62A5

square

#E9EA62 #62EAA7 #6362EA #EA62A5

split-complementary

#E9EA62 #62A5EA #A762EA

monochromatic

#B8B919 #E1E32C #E9EA62 #F1F198 #F8F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#E9EA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA62

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA62	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.157 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f094',
    500: '#e9ea62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea62;
$custom-light: #f3f094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 76.404,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91078,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA62

secondary

#3938B8

accent

#0DD90E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA62

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

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