#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
RGB	rgb(233, 225, 80)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -14.05, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 70.35, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.04% -0.045 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(89.04% 0.161 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.9797, 71.7554, 18.1732)
Luminance	0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E9E150	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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