#E9D460#E9D460

#E9D460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.137 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D460
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -6.54, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 59.14, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0218 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.137 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2614, 65.2576, 20.5385)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D460 #6075E9

analogous

#E99060 #E9D460 #BAE960

triadic

#E9D460 #60E9D4 #D460E9

tetradic

#E9D460 #60E990 #6075E9 #E960BA

square

#E9D460 #60E990 #6075E9 #E960BA

split-complementary

#E9D460 #60BAE9 #9060E9

monochromatic

#B59E19 #E2C52A #E9D460 #F0E396 #F8F1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E9D460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D460

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D460	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.137 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e091',
    500: '#e9d460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d460;
$custom-light: #f3e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86516,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D460

secondary

#384BB5

accent

#2DD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D460

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

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