#E9E655#E9E655

#E9E655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.163 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E655
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.19, -16.22, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.19, 70.26, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.13% -0.0506 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(90.13% 0.163 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5429, 74.5751, 19.6398)
Luminance	0.7457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E655 #5558E9

analogous

#E99C55 #E9E655 #A2E955

triadic

#E9E655 #55E9E6 #E655E9

tetradic

#E9E655 #55E99C #5558E9 #E955A2

square

#E9E655 #55E99C #5558E9 #E955A2

split-complementary

#E9E655 #55A2E9 #9C55E9

monochromatic

#ADAA16 #E2DE1F #E9E655 #F0EE8B #F7F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E9E655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E655

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E655	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.163 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8c',
    500: '#e9e655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e655;
$custom-light: #f3ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.784,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90125,
    "c": 0.16264,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E655

secondary

#3437AE

accent

#10D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E655

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

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