#E9EB5B#E9EB5B

#E9EB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.163 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EB5B
RGB	rgb(233, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -18.29, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 69.83, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0558 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.163 110)
XYZ	xyz(65.2029, 77.4973, 21.4193)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EB5B #5D5BEB

analogous

#EBA55B #E9EB5B #A1EB5B

triadic

#E9EB5B #5BE9EB #EB5BE9

tetradic

#E9EB5B #5BEBA5 #5D5BEB #EB5BA1

square

#E9EB5B #5BEBA5 #5D5BEB #EB5BA1

split-complementary

#E9EB5B #5BA1EB #A55BEB

monochromatic

#B3B516 #E2E424 #E9EB5B #F0F292 #F8F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#E9EB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EB5B

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EB5B	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9eb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.163 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f18f',
    500: '#e9eb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9eb5b;
$custom-light: #f3f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9eb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91222,
    "c": 0.16322,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.77496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EB5B

secondary

#3735B5

accent

#0BDB0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EB5B

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

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