#E9E858#E9E858

#E9E858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.162 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E858
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 88)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.74, -17.02, 67.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.74, 69.85, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.0525 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.162 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.2244, 75.7433, 20.4674)
Luminance	0.7574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E858 #5859E9

analogous

#E99F58 #E9E858 #A2E958

triadic

#E9E858 #58E9E8 #E858E9

tetradic

#E9E858 #58E99F #5859E9 #E958A2

square

#E9E858 #58E99F #5859E9 #E958A2

split-complementary

#E9E858 #58A2E9 #9F58E9

monochromatic

#AFAE17 #E2E122 #E9E858 #F0EF8E #F7F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.15

#E9E858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E858

16.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E858	1.00	1.30	16.15	16.15
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.162 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8e',
    500: '#e9e858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e858;
$custom-light: #f3ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90568,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E858

secondary

#3536B0

accent

#0ED90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E858

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

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