#E9E556#E9E556

#E9E556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.161 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E556
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -15.67, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 69.49, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.93% -0.0489 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(89.93% 0.161 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.3054, 74.0361, 19.7580)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E556 #565AE9

analogous

#E99B56 #E9E556 #A4E956

triadic

#E9E556 #56E9E5 #E556E9

tetradic

#E9E556 #56E99B #565AE9 #E956A4

square

#E9E556 #56E99B #565AE9 #E956A4

split-complementary

#E9E556 #56A4E9 #9B56E9

monochromatic

#AEAA17 #E2DD20 #E9E556 #F0ED8C #F7F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E9E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E556

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E556	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.161 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8c',
    500: '#e9e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e556;
$custom-light: #f3ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.367,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89925,
    "c": 0.16094,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E556

secondary

#3438AF

accent

#12D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E556

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

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