#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
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -15.17, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 66.24, 103.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0467 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.155 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.6460, 74.1723, 21.5515)
Luminance	0.7417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E9E55E	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)

#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

Preview with #E9E55E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →