#E9EB5C#E9EB5C

#E9EB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.162 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EB5C
RGB	rgb(233, 235, 92)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.9%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -18.23, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 69.43, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0555 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.162 110)
XYZ	xyz(65.2463, 77.5147, 21.6480)
Luminance	0.7751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EB5C #5E5CEB

analogous

#EBA65C #E9EB5C #A2EB5C

triadic

#E9EB5C #5CE9EB #EB5CE9

tetradic

#E9EB5C #5CEBA6 #5E5CEB #EB5CA2

square

#E9EB5C #5CEBA6 #5E5CEB #EB5CA2

split-complementary

#E9EB5C #5CA2EB #A65CEB

monochromatic

#B4B616 #E2E425 #E9EB5C #F0F293 #F8F8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#E9EB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EB5C

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EB5C	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)

#FCE24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9eb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 235, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.162 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f190',
    500: '#e9eb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9eb5c;
$custom-light: #f3f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9eb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 78.142,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91231,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.77513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EB5C

secondary

#3735B6

accent

#0BDA0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EB5C

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

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