#E9E150#E9E150

#E9E150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.161 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9E150
RGBrgb(233, 225, 80)
HSLhsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSVhsv(57, 66%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.4%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.85, -14.05, 68.94)
CIE-LCHlch(87.85, 70.35, 101.52°)
OKLaboklab(89.04% -0.045 0.155)
OKLCHoklch(89.04% 0.161 106.2)
XYZxyz(61.9797, 71.7554, 18.1732)
Luminance0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9E150 #5058E9
analogous
#E99550 #E9E150 #A5E950
triadic
#E9E150 #50E9E1 #E150E9
tetradic
#E9E150 #50E995 #5058E9 #E950A5
square
#E9E150 #50E995 #5058E9 #E950A5
split-complementary
#E9E150 #50A5E9 #9550E9
monochromatic
#A9A215 #E0D51C #E9E150 #F0EA86 #F7F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#E9E150 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35
#E9E150 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E150
15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9E150#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9E1501.001.3715.3515.35
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3521.001.001.00
##00000015.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D93C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7DF59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9D3C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9e150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 225, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.161 106.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ea88',
    500: '#e9e150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9e150;
$custom-light: #f3ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9e150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89043,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9E150
secondary
#3239AB
accent
#16DA0C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E150

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#E9E150 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva