#E9D146#E9D146

#E9D146 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.154 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D146
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -6.56, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 68.82, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0248 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.154 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.5129, 63.3695, 14.9953)
Luminance	0.6337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D146 #465EE9

analogous

#E98046 #E9D146 #AFE946

triadic

#E9D146 #46E9D1 #D146E9

tetradic

#E9D146 #46E980 #465EE9 #E946AF

square

#E9D146 #46E980 #465EE9 #E946AF

split-complementary

#E9D146 #46AFE9 #8046E9

monochromatic

#A18C13 #D8BC1A #E9D146 #F0DF7D #F6ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#E9D146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D146

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D146	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.154 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de82',
    500: '#e9d146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d146;
$custom-light: #f4de82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.166,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85672,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D146

secondary

#2F41A4

accent

#4FF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D146

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

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