#E9EE62#E9EE62

#E9EE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.161 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EE62
RGB	rgb(233, 238, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 58.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.40, -19.29, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.40, 68.20, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0579 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.161 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.3852, 79.3561, 23.3731)
Luminance	0.7935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EE62 #6762EE

analogous

#EEAD62 #E9EE62 #A3EE62

triadic

#E9EE62 #62E9EE #EE62E9

tetradic

#E9EE62 #62EEAD #6762EE #EE62A3

square

#E9EE62 #62EEAD #6762EE #EE62A3

split-complementary

#E9EE62 #62A3EE #AD62EE

monochromatic

#BBC115 #E1E82B #E9EE62 #F1F499 #F8FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E9EE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.87

#E9EE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EE62

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EE62	1.00	1.24	16.87	16.87
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ee62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 238, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.161 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f394',
    500: '#e9ee62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ee62;
$custom-light: #f3f394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ee62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 80.46,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91916,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EE62

secondary

#3A35BF

accent

#09DD10

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EE62

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

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