#E9EC55#E9EC55

#E9EC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.169 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EC55
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -19.14, 70.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 72.57, 105.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0588 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.169 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.2414, 77.9721, 20.2060)
Luminance	0.7797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EC55 #5855EC

analogous

#ECA355 #E9EC55 #9DEC55

triadic

#E9EC55 #55E9EC #EC55E9

tetradic

#E9EC55 #55ECA3 #5855EC #EC559D

square

#E9EC55 #55ECA3 #5855EC #EC559D

split-complementary

#E9EC55 #559DEC #A355EC

monochromatic

#AFB314 #E2E61E #E9EC55 #F0F28C #F7F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#E9EC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#E9EC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EC55

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EC55	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ec55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.169 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f18c',
    500: '#e9ec55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ec55;
$custom-light: #f3f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ec55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.192,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91381,
    "c": 0.16863,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EC55

secondary

#3533B3

accent

#09DC0D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EC55

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

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