#E9ED5E#E9ED5E

#E9ED5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.163 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ED5E
RGB	rgb(233, 237, 94)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.10, -19.07, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.10, 69.42, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0577 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.163 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9107, 78.7018, 22.3065)
Luminance	0.7870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ED5E #625EED

analogous

#EDA95E #E9ED5E #A2ED5E

triadic

#E9ED5E #5EE9ED #ED5EE9

tetradic

#E9ED5E #5EEDA9 #625EED #ED5EA2

square

#E9ED5E #5EEDA9 #625EED #ED5EA2

split-complementary

#E9ED5E #5EA2ED #A95EED

monochromatic

#B7BC15 #E1E727 #E9ED5E #F1F395 #F8F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9ED5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#E9ED5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ED5E

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ED5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ED5E	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ed5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.163 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f291',
    500: '#e9ed5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ed5e;
$custom-light: #f3f291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ed5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.678,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91669,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ED5E

secondary

#3835BA

accent

#09DC0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ED5E

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

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