#E9E551#E9E551

#E9E551 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.165 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E551
RGB	rgb(233, 229, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -15.96, 69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 71.43, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0503 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.165 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.1110, 73.9583, 18.7339)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E551 #5155E9

analogous

#E99951 #E9E551 #A1E951

triadic

#E9E551 #51E9E5 #E551E9

tetradic

#E9E551 #51E999 #5155E9 #E951A1

square

#E9E551 #51E999 #5155E9 #E951A1

split-complementary

#E9E551 #51A1E9 #9951E9

monochromatic

#AAA616 #E0DB1C #E9E551 #F0ED87 #F7F5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E9E551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E551

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E551	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 229, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.165 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec89',
    500: '#e9e551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e551;
$custom-light: #f3ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89884,
    "c": 0.1645,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E551

secondary

#3336AB

accent

#11DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E551

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

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