#E9E458#E9E458

#E9E458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.158 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E458
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 88)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -15.06, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 68.31, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.047 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.158 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1113, 73.5170, 20.0964)
Luminance	0.7351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E458 #585DE9

analogous

#E99B58 #E9E458 #A5E958

triadic

#E9E458 #58E9E4 #E458E9

tetradic

#E9E458 #58E99B #585DE9 #E958A5

square

#E9E458 #58E99B #585DE9 #E958A5

split-complementary

#E9E458 #58A5E9 #9B58E9

monochromatic

#AFAA17 #E2DB22 #E9E458 #F0ED8E #F7F5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#E9E458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E458

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E458	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.158 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8d',
    500: '#e9e458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e458;
$custom-light: #f3ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89734,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E458

secondary

#3539B0

accent

#14D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E458

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

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