#E9E359#E9E359

#E9E359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.157 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E359
RGB	rgb(233, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -14.50, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 67.53, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.0453 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.157 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.8787, 72.9851, 20.2246)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E359 #595FE9

analogous

#E99B59 #E9E359 #A7E959

triadic

#E9E359 #59E9E3 #E359E9

tetradic

#E9E359 #59E99B #595FE9 #E959A7

square

#E9E359 #59E99B #595FE9 #E959A7

split-complementary

#E9E359 #59A7E9 #9B59E9

monochromatic

#B0AA17 #E2DA23 #E9E359 #F0EC8F #F7F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E9E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E359

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E359	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.157 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eb8e',
    500: '#e9e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e359;
$custom-light: #f3eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89535,
    "c": 0.15676,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E359

secondary

#353BB1

accent

#15D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E359

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

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