#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
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -15.43, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 67.89, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0478 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.158 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.4711, 74.1024, 20.6306)
Luminance	0.7410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E9E55A	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)

#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

Preview with #E9E55A

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

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