#E9ED5B#E9ED5B

#E9ED5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.165 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ED5B
RGB	rgb(233, 237, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -19.26, 67.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 70.63, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0585 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.165 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.7787, 78.6490, 21.6112)
Luminance	0.7865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ED5B #5F5BED

analogous

#EDA85B #E9ED5B #A0ED5B

triadic

#E9ED5B #5BE9ED #ED5BE9

tetradic

#E9ED5B #5BEDA8 #5F5BED #ED5BA0

square

#E9ED5B #5BEDA8 #5F5BED #ED5BA0

split-complementary

#E9ED5B #5BA0ED #A85BED

monochromatic

#B5B914 #E2E724 #E9ED5B #F0F392 #F8F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#E9ED5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#E9ED5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ED5B

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ED5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ED5B	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)

#FEE349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ed5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.165 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f290',
    500: '#e9ed5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ed5b;
$custom-light: #f3f290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ed5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.644,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91642,
    "c": 0.16528,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ED5B

secondary

#3734B8

accent

#09DD0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ED5B

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

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