#E9E558#E9E558

#E9E558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.159 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E558
RGBrgb(233, 229, 88)
HSLhsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.95, -15.55, 66.91)
CIE-LCHlch(88.95, 68.69, 103.08°)
OKLaboklab(89.94% -0.0484 0.152)
OKLCHoklch(89.94% 0.159 107.7)
XYZxyz(63.3871, 74.0688, 20.1883)
Luminance0.7407 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E558 #585CE9
analogous
#E99C58 #E9E558 #A4E958
triadic
#E9E558 #58E9E5 #E558E9
tetradic
#E9E558 #58E99C #585CE9 #E958A4
square
#E9E558 #58E99C #585CE9 #E958A4
split-complementary
#E9E558 #58A4E9 #9C58E9
monochromatic
#AFAB17 #E2DD22 #E9E558 #F0ED8E #F7F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33
#E9E558 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81
#E9E558 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E558
15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E558#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E5581.001.3315.8115.81
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8121.001.001.00
##00000015.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DC46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E261
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.159 107.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8d',
    500: '#e9e558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e558;
$custom-light: #f3ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.345,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89942,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E558
secondary
#3538B0
accent
#12D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E558 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva