#E9EF51#E9EF51

#E9EF51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.174 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9EF51
RGB	rgb(233, 239, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 0%, 66.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -20.82, 72.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 75.25, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.98% -0.0639 0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(91.98% 0.174 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.9580, 79.6523, 19.6829)
Luminance	0.7965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9EF51 #5751EF

analogous

#EFA651 #E9EF51 #9AEF51

triadic

#E9EF51 #51E9EF #EF51E9

tetradic

#E9EF51 #51EFA6 #5751EF #EF519A

square

#E9EF51 #51EFA6 #5751EF #EF519A

split-complementary

#E9EF51 #519AEF #A651EF

monochromatic

#AFB511 #E2EA19 #E9EF51 #F0F489 #F7F9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#E9EF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#E9EF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9EF51

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9EF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9EF51	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ef51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 239, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.174 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f48a',
    500: '#e9ef51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ef51;
$custom-light: #f3f48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ef51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.278,
    "s": 83.158,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91981,
    "c": 0.17442,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9EF51

secondary

#3530B5

accent

#06E00E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9EF51

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

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