#E9E55E#E9E55E

#E9E55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.155 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E55E
RGBrgb(233, 229, 94)
HSLhsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(58, 60%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.00, -15.17, 64.48)
CIE-LCHlch(89.00, 66.24, 103.24°)
OKLaboklab(90% -0.0467 0.1476)
OKLCHoklch(90% 0.155 107.5)
XYZxyz(63.6460, 74.1723, 21.5515)
Luminance0.7417 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E55E #5E62E9
analogous
#E9A05E #E9E55E #A8E95E
triadic
#E9E55E #5EE9E5 #E55EE9
tetradic
#E9E55E #5EE9A0 #5E62E9 #E95EA8
square
#E9E55E #5EE9A0 #5E62E9 #E95EA8
split-complementary
#E9E55E #5EA8E9 #A05EE9
monochromatic
#B4B019 #E2DC28 #E9E55E #F0EE94 #F8F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33
#E9E55E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83
#E9E55E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E55E
15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E55E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E55E1.001.3315.8315.83
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.8321.001.001.00
##00000015.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DD4E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F9E266
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8D7C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.155 107.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed91',
    500: '#e9e55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e55e;
$custom-light: #f3ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89997,
    "c": 0.15483,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E55E
secondary
#373BB4
accent
#13D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9E55E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva