#E9E55B#E9E55B

#E9E55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.157 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E55B
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -15.36, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 67.48, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0475 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.157 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5140, 74.1195, 20.8563)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E55B #5B5FE9

analogous

#E99E5B #E9E55B #A6E95B

triadic

#E9E55B #5BE9E5 #E55BE9

tetradic

#E9E55B #5BE99E #5B5FE9 #E95BA6

square

#E9E55B #5BE99E #5B5FE9 #E95BA6

split-complementary

#E9E55B #5BA6E9 #9E5BE9

monochromatic

#B2AD18 #E2DC25 #E9E55B #F0EE91 #F7F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#E9E55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E55B

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E55B	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)

#F7DD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.157 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8f',
    500: '#e9e55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e55b;
$custom-light: #f3ed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.31,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89969,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E55B

secondary

#363AB2

accent

#13D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E55B

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