#E9EE50#E9EE50

#E9EE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.174 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EE50
RGB	rgb(233, 238, 80)
HSL	hsl(62, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 66.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.26, -20.39, 72.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.26, 75.22, 105.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0628 0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.174 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6288, 79.0535, 19.3896)
Luminance	0.7905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EE50 #5550EE

analogous

#EEA450 #E9EE50 #9AEE50

triadic

#E9EE50 #50E9EE #EE50E9

tetradic

#E9EE50 #50EEA4 #5550EE #EE509A

square

#E9EE50 #50EEA4 #5550EE #EE509A

split-complementary

#E9EE50 #509AEE #A450EE

monochromatic

#ADB211 #E2E918 #E9EE50 #F0F388 #F7F9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#E9EE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EE50

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EE50	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ee50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 238, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.174 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f389',
    500: '#e9ee50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ee50;
$custom-light: #f3f389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ee50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.899,
    "s": 82.292,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91763,
    "c": 0.17406,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EE50

secondary

#3430B2

accent

#07DF0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EE50

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

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