#E9D462#E9D462

#E9D462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D462
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -6.40, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 58.25, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.54% -0.0212 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(86.54% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(59.3546, 65.2949, 21.0296)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D462 #6277E9

analogous

#E99162 #E9D462 #BAE962

triadic

#E9D462 #62E9D4 #D462E9

tetradic

#E9D462 #62E991 #6277E9 #E962BA

square

#E9D462 #62E991 #6277E9 #E962BA

split-complementary

#E9D462 #62BAE9 #9162E9

monochromatic

#B79E1A #E1C52C #E9D462 #F1E398 #F8F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E9D462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D462

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D462	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e092',
    500: '#e9d462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d462;
$custom-light: #f3e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86537,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.65292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D462

secondary

#384CB7

accent

#2DD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D462

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

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