#E9EB5E#E9EB5E

#E9EB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.161 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EB5E
RGB	rgb(233, 235, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 60%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -18.10, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 68.62, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.055 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.161 110)
XYZ	xyz(65.3349, 77.5501, 22.1145)
Luminance	0.7755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EB5E #605EEB

analogous

#EBA75E #E9EB5E #A3EB5E

triadic

#E9EB5E #5EE9EB #EB5EE9

tetradic

#E9EB5E #5EEBA7 #605EEB #EB5EA3

square

#E9EB5E #5EEBA7 #605EEB #EB5EA3

split-complementary

#E9EB5E #5EA3EB #A75EEB

monochromatic

#B5B817 #E2E428 #E9EB5E #F0F294 #F8F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#E9EB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EB5E

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EB5E	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)

#FCE24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9eb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 235, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.161 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f191',
    500: '#e9eb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9eb5e;
$custom-light: #f3f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9eb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 77.901,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91249,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.77548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EB5E

secondary

#3836B7

accent

#0BDA0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EB5E

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

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