#E9D246#E9D246

#E9D246 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.155 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D246
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -7.07, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 69.12, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0262 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.155 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.7590, 63.8617, 15.0773)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D246 #465DE9

analogous

#E98146 #E9D246 #AEE946

triadic

#E9D246 #46E9D2 #D246E9

tetradic

#E9D246 #46E981 #465DE9 #E946AE

square

#E9D246 #46E981 #465DE9 #E946AE

split-complementary

#E9D246 #46AEE9 #8146E9

monochromatic

#A18D13 #D8BD1A #E9D246 #F0DF7D #F6EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E9D246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D246

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D246	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.155 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4df82',
    500: '#e9d246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d246;
$custom-light: #f4df82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.534,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85876,
    "c": 0.15523,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D246

secondary

#2F40A4

accent

#4EF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D246

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

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