#E9EE52#E9EE52

#E9EE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.173 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EE52
RGB	rgb(233, 238, 82)
HSL	hsl(62, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 65.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.27, -20.28, 71.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.27, 74.49, 105.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0623 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.173 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7038, 79.0835, 19.7846)
Luminance	0.7908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EE52 #5752EE

analogous

#EEA552 #E9EE52 #9BEE52

triadic

#E9EE52 #52E9EE #EE52E9

tetradic

#E9EE52 #52EEA5 #5752EE #EE529B

square

#E9EE52 #52EEA5 #5752EE #EE529B

split-complementary

#E9EE52 #529BEE #A552EE

monochromatic

#AFB412 #E2E91A #E9EE52 #F0F38A #F7F9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#E9EE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EE52

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EE52	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ee52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 238, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.173 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f38b',
    500: '#e9ee52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ee52;
$custom-light: #f3f38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ee52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.923,
    "s": 82.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91778,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EE52

secondary

#3531B4

accent

#07DE0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EE52

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

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