#E9D158#E9D158

#E9D158 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D158
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -5.55, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 61.60, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0199 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1687, 63.6318, 18.4488)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D158 #5870E9

analogous

#E98858 #E9D158 #B8E958

triadic

#E9D158 #58E9D1 #D158E9

tetradic

#E9D158 #58E988 #5870E9 #E958B8

square

#E9D158 #58E988 #5870E9 #E958B8

split-complementary

#E9D158 #58B8E9 #8858E9

monochromatic

#AF9617 #E2C222 #E9D158 #F0E08E #F7EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#E9D158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D158

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D158	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8c',
    500: '#e9d158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d158;
$custom-light: #f3de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85825,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D158

secondary

#3549B0

accent

#2ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D158

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

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