#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
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 88)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.22, -16.04, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.22, 69.08, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0498 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.16 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6646, 74.6238, 20.2808)
Luminance	0.7462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E658	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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