#E9EE5B#E9EE5B

#E9EE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.166 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EE5B
RGB	rgb(233, 238, 91)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -19.75, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 71.03, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0599 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.166 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.0690, 79.2296, 21.7080)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EE5B #605BEE

analogous

#EEAA5B #E9EE5B #A0EE5B

triadic

#E9EE5B #5BE9EE #EE5BE9

tetradic

#E9EE5B #5BEEAA #605BEE #EE5BA0

square

#E9EE5B #5BEEAA #605BEE #EE5BA0

split-complementary

#E9EE5B #5BA0EE #AA5BEE

monochromatic

#B5BB13 #E2E824 #E9EE5B #F0F492 #F8F9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#E9EE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EE5B

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EE5B	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ee5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 238, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.166 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f390',
    500: '#e9ee5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ee5b;
$custom-light: #f3f390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ee5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.041,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91852,
    "c": 0.16632,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EE5B

secondary

#3833BA

accent

#08DE0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EE5B

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

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