#E9ED5A#E9ED5A
#E9ED5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.166 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9ED5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 237, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 62%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.07, -19.33, 68.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.07, 71.02, 105.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.63% -0.0588 0.1553) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.63% 0.166 110.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.7359, 78.6318, 21.3855) |
| Luminance | 0.7863 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.09
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.83
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.86
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.90
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.93
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9ED5A #5E5AED
analogous
#EDA85A #E9ED5A #A0ED5A
triadic
#E9ED5A #5AE9ED #ED5AE9
tetradic
#E9ED5A #5AEDA8 #5E5AED #ED5AA0
square
#E9ED5A #5AEDA8 #5E5AED #ED5AA0
split-complementary
#E9ED5A #5AA0ED #A85AED
monochromatic
#B4B814 #E2E723 #E9ED5A #F0F391 #F8F9C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.26
#E9ED5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.73
#E9ED5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9ED5A
16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9ED5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9ED5A | 1.00 | 1.26 | 16.73 | 16.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FEE347
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE763
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8DFCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9ed5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.166 110.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f28f',
500: '#e9ed5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9ed5a; $custom-light: #f3f28f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9ed5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 237,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.633,
"s": 80.328,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.91633,
"c": 0.16602,
"h": 110.8
},
"luminance": 0.7863
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9ED5A
secondary
#3733B8
accent
#09DD0F
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F