#E9EA55#E9EA55

#E9EA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.167 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EA55
RGB	rgb(233, 234, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.24, -18.17, 69.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.24, 71.80, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0561 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.167 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6688, 76.8269, 20.0151)
Luminance	0.7682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EA55 #5655EA

analogous

#EAA155 #E9EA55 #9EEA55

triadic

#E9EA55 #55E9EA #EA55E9

tetradic

#E9EA55 #55EAA1 #5655EA #EA559E

square

#E9EA55 #55EAA1 #5655EA #EA559E

split-complementary

#E9EA55 #559EEA #A155EA

monochromatic

#AEAF16 #E2E31F #E9EA55 #F0F18B #F7F7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#E9EA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#E9EA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EA55

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EA55	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ea55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 234, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.167 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f08c',
    500: '#e9ea55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ea55;
$custom-light: #f3f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ea55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.403,
    "s": 78.01,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90962,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EA55

secondary

#3434B0

accent

#0BDA0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EA55

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

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