#E9E158#E9E158

#E9E158 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.156 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E158
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -13.58, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 67.19, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.11% -0.0428 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(89.11% 0.156 106)
XYZ	xyz(62.2931, 71.8807, 19.8237)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E158 #5860E9

analogous

#E99958 #E9E158 #A8E958

triadic

#E9E158 #58E9E1 #E158E9

tetradic

#E9E158 #58E999 #5860E9 #E958A8

square

#E9E158 #58E999 #5860E9 #E958A8

split-complementary

#E9E158 #58A8E9 #9958E9

monochromatic

#AFA717 #E2D722 #E9E158 #F0EB8E #F7F4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#E9E158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#E9E158 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E158

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E158	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.156 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8d',
    500: '#e9e158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e158;
$custom-light: #f3ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.69,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89111,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.71879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E158

secondary

#353CB0

accent

#18D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E158

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

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