#E9C558#E9C558

#E9C558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.133 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9C558
RGB	rgb(233, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, 0.61, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 58.01, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0022 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.133 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3346, 57.9638, 17.5042)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9C558 #587CE9

analogous

#E97C58 #E9C558 #C5E958

triadic

#E9C558 #58E9C5 #C558E9

tetradic

#E9C558 #58E97C #587CE9 #E958C5

square

#E9C558 #58E97C #587CE9 #E958C5

split-complementary

#E9C558 #58C5E9 #7C58E9

monochromatic

#AF8A17 #E2B222 #E9C558 #F0D88E #F7EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E9C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E9C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9C558

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9C558	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.133 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d68b',
    500: '#e9c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9c558;
$custom-light: #f3d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83409,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9C558

secondary

#3554B0

accent

#3FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9C558

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

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