#E9E355#E9E355

#E9E355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.160 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E355
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -14.75, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 69.14, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0464 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.16 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.7152, 72.9197, 19.3639)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E355 #555BE9

analogous

#E99955 #E9E355 #A5E955

triadic

#E9E355 #55E9E3 #E355E9

tetradic

#E9E355 #55E999 #555BE9 #E955A5

square

#E9E355 #55E999 #555BE9 #E955A5

split-complementary

#E9E355 #55A5E9 #9955E9

monochromatic

#ADA716 #E2DA1F #E9E355 #F0EC8B #F7F5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#E9E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E355

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E355	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.160 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb8b',
    500: '#e9e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e355;
$custom-light: #f3eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.568,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.895,
    "c": 0.15974,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E355

secondary

#3439AE

accent

#15D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E355

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

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