#E9E855#E9E855

#E9E855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.165 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E855
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -17.20, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 71.03, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0533 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.165 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.1027, 75.6946, 19.8264)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E855 #5556E9

analogous

#E99E55 #E9E855 #A0E955

triadic

#E9E855 #55E9E8 #E855E9

tetradic

#E9E855 #55E99E #5556E9 #E955A0

square

#E9E855 #55E99E #5556E9 #E955A0

split-complementary

#E9E855 #55A0E9 #9E55E9

monochromatic

#ADAC16 #E2E11F #E9E855 #F0EF8B #F7F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E9E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E855

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E855	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.165 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8c',
    500: '#e9e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e855;
$custom-light: #f3ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.595,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90543,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E855

secondary

#3435AE

accent

#0ED90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E855

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

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