#E9EE5D#E9EE5D

#E9EE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.165 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EE5D
RGB	rgb(233, 238, 93)
HSL	hsl(62, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 60.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -19.62, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 70.23, 106.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0593 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.165 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.1565, 79.2646, 22.1684)
Luminance	0.7926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EE5D #625DEE

analogous

#EEAB5D #E9EE5D #A0EE5D

triadic

#E9EE5D #5DE9EE #EE5DE9

tetradic

#E9EE5D #5DEEAB #625DEE #EE5DA0

square

#E9EE5D #5DEEAB #625DEE #EE5DA0

split-complementary

#E9EE5D #5DA0EE #AB5DEE

monochromatic

#B7BD14 #E1E826 #E9EE5D #F1F494 #F8FACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#E9EE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#E9EE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EE5D

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EE5D	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)

#FFE44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ee5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 238, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.165 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f391',
    500: '#e9ee5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ee5d;
$custom-light: #f3f391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ee5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 81.006,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91869,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EE5D

secondary

#3834BB

accent

#08DD0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EE5D

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

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