#E9E559#E9E559

#E9E559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.159 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E559
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -15.49, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 68.29, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0481 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.159 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.4289, 74.0855, 20.4080)
Luminance	0.7408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E559 #595DE9

analogous

#E99D59 #E9E559 #A5E959

triadic

#E9E559 #59E9E5 #E559E9

tetradic

#E9E559 #59E99D #595DE9 #E959A5

square

#E9E559 #59E99D #595DE9 #E959A5

split-complementary

#E9E559 #59A5E9 #9D59E9

monochromatic

#B0AC17 #E2DD23 #E9E559 #F0ED8F #F7F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E9E559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E559

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E559	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.159 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8e',
    500: '#e9e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e559;
$custom-light: #f3ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89951,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E559

secondary

#3539B1

accent

#12D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E559

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

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