#E9E258#E9E258

#E9E258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.157 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E258
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.17, -14.07, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.17, 67.56, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.32% -0.0442 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(89.32% 0.157 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.5642, 72.4230, 19.9140)
Luminance	0.7242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E258 #585FE9

analogous

#E99958 #E9E258 #A8E958

triadic

#E9E258 #58E9E2 #E258E9

tetradic

#E9E258 #58E999 #585FE9 #E958A8

square

#E9E258 #58E999 #585FE9 #E958A8

split-complementary

#E9E258 #58A8E9 #9958E9

monochromatic

#AFA817 #E2D922 #E9E258 #F0EB8E #F7F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E9E258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#E9E258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E258

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E258	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.157 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea8d',
    500: '#e9e258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e258;
$custom-light: #f3ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.103,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89318,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E258

secondary

#353BB0

accent

#16D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E258

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

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