#E9E459#E9E459

#E9E459 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 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E459
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -15.00, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 67.91, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0467 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.158 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.1530, 73.5337, 20.3160)
Luminance	0.7353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E459 #595EE9

analogous

#E99C59 #E9E459 #A6E959

triadic

#E9E459 #59E9E4 #E459E9

tetradic

#E9E459 #59E99C #595EE9 #E959A6

square

#E9E459 #59E99C #595EE9 #E959A6

split-complementary

#E9E459 #59A6E9 #9C59E9

monochromatic

#B0AB17 #E2DB23 #E9E459 #F0ED8F #F7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#E9E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E459

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E459	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.158 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8e',
    500: '#e9e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e459;
$custom-light: #f3ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89743,
    "c": 0.15773,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E459

secondary

#353AB1

accent

#14D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E459

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

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