#E9E55C#E9E55C

#E9E55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.156 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E55C
RGBrgb(233, 229, 92)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.99, -15.30, 65.30)
CIE-LCHlch(88.99, 67.07, 103.18°)
OKLaboklab(89.98% -0.0472 0.1491)
OKLCHoklch(89.98% 0.156 107.6)
XYZxyz(63.5574, 74.1369, 21.0850)
Luminance0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E55C #5C60E9
analogous
#E99E5C #E9E55C #A6E95C
triadic
#E9E55C #5CE9E5 #E55CE9
tetradic
#E9E55C #5CE99E #5C60E9 #E95CA6
square
#E9E55C #5CE99E #5C60E9 #E95CA6
split-complementary
#E9E55C #5CA6E9 #9E5CE9
monochromatic
#B3AE18 #E2DC26 #E9E55C #F0EE92 #F8F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33
#E9E55C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83
#E9E55C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E55C
15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E55C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E55C1.001.3315.8315.83
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8321.001.001.00
##00000015.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DD4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E264
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.156 107.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed90',
    500: '#e9e55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e55c;
$custom-light: #f3ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89978,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E55C
secondary
#363AB3
accent
#13D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E55C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva