#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
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.99, -15.30, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.99, 67.07, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0472 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.156 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.5574, 74.1369, 21.0850)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E55C	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E9E55C

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

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