#E9EE5A#E9EE5A

#E9EE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.167 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EE5A
RGB	rgb(233, 238, 90)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.33, -19.81, 68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.33, 71.42, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0602 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.167 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.0262, 79.2125, 21.4823)
Luminance	0.7921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EE5A #5F5AEE

analogous

#EEA95A #E9EE5A #9FEE5A

triadic

#E9EE5A #5AE9EE #EE5AE9

tetradic

#E9EE5A #5AEEA9 #5F5AEE #EE5A9F

square

#E9EE5A #5AEEA9 #5F5AEE #EE5A9F

split-complementary

#E9EE5A #5A9FEE #A95AEE

monochromatic

#B5BA13 #E2E823 #E9EE5A #F0F491 #F8F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#E9EE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EE5A

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EE5A	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ee5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 238, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.167 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f38f',
    500: '#e9ee5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ee5a;
$custom-light: #f3f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ee5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.027,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91843,
    "c": 0.16706,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EE5A

secondary

#3733B9

accent

#08DE0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EE5A

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

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