#E9E554#E9E554

#E9E554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.162 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E554
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 84)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -15.79, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 70.28, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.91% -0.0495 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(89.91% 0.162 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.2260, 74.0043, 19.3395)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E554 #5458E9

analogous

#E99A54 #E9E554 #A3E954

triadic

#E9E554 #54E9E5 #E554E9

tetradic

#E9E554 #54E99A #5458E9 #E954A3

square

#E9E554 #54E99A #5458E9 #E954A3

split-complementary

#E9E554 #54A3E9 #9A54E9

monochromatic

#ACA816 #E2DD1E #E9E554 #F0ED8A #F7F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#E9E554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E554

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E554	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.162 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8b',
    500: '#e9e554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e554;
$custom-light: #f3ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.389,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89908,
    "c": 0.16239,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E554

secondary

#3437AD

accent

#12D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E554

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

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