#E9ED59#E9ED59

#E9ED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.167 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ED59
RGB	rgb(233, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -19.39, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 71.42, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0591 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.167 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6936, 78.6149, 21.1629)
Luminance	0.7861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ED59 #5D59ED

analogous

#EDA759 #E9ED59 #9FED59

triadic

#E9ED59 #59E9ED #ED59E9

tetradic

#E9ED59 #59EDA7 #5D59ED #ED599F

square

#E9ED59 #59EDA7 #5D59ED #ED599F

split-complementary

#E9ED59 #599FED #A759ED

monochromatic

#B3B814 #E2E722 #E9ED59 #F0F390 #F8F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9ED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#E9ED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ED59

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ED59	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.167 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f28e',
    500: '#e9ed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ed59;
$custom-light: #f3f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91624,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ED59

secondary

#3733B7

accent

#09DD0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ED59

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

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