#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
RGBrgb(233, 229, 81)
HSLhsl(58, 78%, 62%)
HSVhsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(88.90, -15.96, 69.63)
CIE-LCHlch(88.90, 71.43, 102.91°)
OKLaboklab(89.88% -0.0503 0.1566)
OKLCHoklch(89.88% 0.165 107.8)
XYZxyz(63.1110, 73.9583, 18.7339)
Luminance0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E9E5511.001.3315.7915.79
#FFFFFF1.331.0021.0021.00
#00000015.7921.001.001.00
##00000015.7921.001.001.00

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

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#E9E551 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva