#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
RGBrgb(233, 232, 88)
HSLhsl(60, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(60, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(89.74, -17.02, 67.74)
CIE-LCHlch(89.74, 69.85, 104.10°)
OKLaboklab(90.57% -0.0525 0.1537)
OKLCHoklch(90.57% 0.162 108.9)
XYZxyz(64.2244, 75.7433, 20.4674)
Luminance0.7574 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9E8581.001.3016.1516.15
#FFFFFF1.301.0021.0021.00
#00000016.1521.001.001.00
##00000016.1521.001.001.00

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

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#E9E858 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva