#E9E658#E9E658

#E9E658 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.160 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E658
RGBrgb(233, 230, 88)
HSLhsl(59, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.22, -16.04, 67.19)
CIE-LCHlch(89.22, 69.08, 103.43°)
OKLaboklab(90.15% -0.0498 0.1525)
OKLCHoklch(90.15% 0.16 108.1)
XYZxyz(63.6646, 74.6238, 20.2808)
Luminance0.7462 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E658 #585BE9
analogous
#E99E58 #E9E658 #A3E958
triadic
#E9E658 #58E9E6 #E658E9
tetradic
#E9E658 #58E99E #585BE9 #E958A3
square
#E9E658 #58E99E #585BE9 #E958A3
split-complementary
#E9E658 #58A3E9 #9E58E9
monochromatic
#AFAC17 #E2DE22 #E9E658 #F0EE8E #F7F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32
#E9E658 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92
#E9E658 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E658
15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E658#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E6581.001.3215.9215.92
#FFFFFF1.321.0021.0021.00
#00000015.9221.001.001.00
##00000015.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F8DD46
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FAE361
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D8C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.160 108.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ed8d',
    500: '#e9e658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e658;
$custom-light: #f3ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.759,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90151,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E658
secondary
#3538B0
accent
#11D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFDF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E658

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#E9E658 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva