#E9EE55#E9EE55

#E9EE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.171 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EE55
RGB	rgb(233, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -20.11, 70.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 73.36, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.8% -0.0615 0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(91.8% 0.171 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.8205, 79.1302, 20.3990)
Luminance	0.7913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EE55 #5A55EE

analogous

#EEA655 #E9EE55 #9CEE55

triadic

#E9EE55 #55E9EE #EE55E9

tetradic

#E9EE55 #55EEA6 #5A55EE #EE559C

square

#E9EE55 #55EEA6 #5A55EE #EE559C

split-complementary

#E9EE55 #559CEE #A655EE

monochromatic

#B1B612 #E2E81D #E9EE55 #F0F48D #F7F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#E9EE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EE55

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EE55	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.171 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f38c',
    500: '#e9ee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ee55;
$custom-light: #f3f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.961,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91802,
    "c": 0.17066,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EE55

secondary

#3631B6

accent

#07DE0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EE55

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

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