#E9D446#E9D446

#E9D446 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.157 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D446
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -8.08, 69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 69.74, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0291 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.157 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.2559, 64.8554, 15.2430)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D446 #465BE9

analogous

#E98346 #E9D446 #ADE946

triadic

#E9D446 #46E9D4 #D446E9

tetradic

#E9D446 #46E983 #465BE9 #E946AD

square

#E9D446 #46E983 #465BE9 #E946AD

split-complementary

#E9D446 #46ADE9 #8346E9

monochromatic

#A18F13 #D8C01A #E9D446 #F0E17D #F6EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E9D446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D446

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D446	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.157 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e082',
    500: '#e9d446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d446;
$custom-light: #f4e082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.27,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86285,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D446

secondary

#2F3EA4

accent

#4CF533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D446

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

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