#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

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D658

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

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