#E9D658#E9D658
#E9D658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.146 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D658 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 214, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 77%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 62.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.06, -8.08, 62.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.06, 63.26, 97.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.84% -0.0271 0.1431) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.84% 0.146 100.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.4147, 66.1238, 18.8642) |
| Luminance | 0.6612 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.38
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.51
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.10
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.23
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.23
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D658 #586BE9
analogous
#E98D58 #E9D658 #B3E958
triadic
#E9D658 #58E9D6 #D658E9
tetradic
#E9D658 #58E98D #586BE9 #E958B3
square
#E9D658 #58E98D #586BE9 #E958B3
split-complementary
#E9D658 #58B3E9 #8D58E9
monochromatic
#AF9C17 #E2C922 #E9D658 #F0E38E #F7F1C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#E9D658 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.22
#E9D658 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D658
14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D658 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D658 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.22 | 14.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D049
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED85F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d658; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.146 100.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e28c',
500: '#e9d658',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d658; $custom-light: #f3e28c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d658",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 214,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.138,
"s": 76.72,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86844,
"c": 0.14567,
"h": 100.7
},
"luminance": 0.66121
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D658
secondary
#3545B0
accent
#27D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F