#E9E050#E9E050

#E9E050 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.160 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E050
RGB	rgb(233, 224, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -13.55, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 69.99, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.84% -0.0436 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(88.84% 0.16 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.7102, 71.2163, 18.0834)
Luminance	0.7121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E050 #5059E9

analogous

#E99450 #E9E050 #A5E950

triadic

#E9E050 #50E9E0 #E050E9

tetradic

#E9E050 #50E994 #5059E9 #E950A5

square

#E9E050 #50E994 #5059E9 #E950A5

split-complementary

#E9E050 #50A5E9 #9450E9

monochromatic

#A9A115 #E0D41C #E9E050 #F0EA86 #F7F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9E050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#E9E050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E050

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E050	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 224, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.160 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e988',
    500: '#e9e050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e050;
$custom-light: #f3e988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88836,
    "c": 0.16048,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E050

secondary

#323AAB

accent

#18DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E050

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

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