#E9EB5D#E9EB5D

#E9EB5D 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 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EB5D
RGB	rgb(233, 235, 93)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -18.17, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 69.02, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0552 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.162 110)
XYZ	xyz(65.2903, 77.5323, 21.8797)
Luminance	0.7753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EB5D #5F5DEB

analogous

#EBA65D #E9EB5D #A2EB5D

triadic

#E9EB5D #5DE9EB #EB5DE9

tetradic

#E9EB5D #5DEBA6 #5F5DEB #EB5DA2

square

#E9EB5D #5DEBA6 #5F5DEB #EB5DA2

split-complementary

#E9EB5D #5DA2EB #A65DEB

monochromatic

#B5B717 #E2E427 #E9EB5D #F0F293 #F8F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#E9EB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EB5D

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EB5D	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9eb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 235, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.162 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f191',
    500: '#e9eb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9eb5d;
$custom-light: #f3f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9eb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9124,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.77531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EB5D

secondary

#3736B7

accent

#0BDA0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EB5D

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

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