#E9E55A#E9E55A

#E9E55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.158 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E55A
RGBrgb(233, 229, 90)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.97, -15.43, 66.11)
CIE-LCHlch(88.97, 67.89, 103.13°)
OKLaboklab(89.96% -0.0478 0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(89.96% 0.158 107.6)
XYZxyz(63.4711, 74.1024, 20.6306)
Luminance0.7410 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E55A #5A5EE9
analogous
#E99D5A #E9E55A #A5E95A
triadic
#E9E55A #5AE9E5 #E55AE9
tetradic
#E9E55A #5AE99D #5A5EE9 #E95AA5
square
#E9E55A #5AE99D #5A5EE9 #E95AA5
split-complementary
#E9E55A #5AA5E9 #9D5AE9
monochromatic
#B1AD18 #E2DC24 #E9E55A #F0EE90 #F7F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33
#E9E55A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82
#E9E55A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E55A
15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E55A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E55A1.001.3315.8215.82
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8221.001.001.00
##00000015.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DD49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E262
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.158 107.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8e',
    500: '#e9e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e55a;
$custom-light: #f3ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8996,
    "c": 0.15795,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E55A
secondary
#3639B1
accent
#13D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E55A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva