#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
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 88)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -15.55, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 68.69, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.0484 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.159 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.3871, 74.0688, 20.1883)
Luminance	0.7407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E9E558	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)

#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

Preview with #E9E558

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

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