#E9D46E#E9D46E

#E9D46E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D46E
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.76, -5.48, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.76, 52.80, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0172 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9643, 65.5388, 24.2405)
Luminance	0.6554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D46E #6E83E9

analogous

#E9976E #E9D46E #C1E96E

triadic

#E9D46E #6EE9D4 #D46EE9

tetradic

#E9D46E #6EE997 #6E83E9 #E96EC1

square

#E9D46E #6EE997 #6E83E9 #E96EC1

split-complementary

#E9D46E #6EC1E9 #976EE9

monochromatic

#C0A41D #E1C439 #E9D46E #F1E4A3 #F9F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D46E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#E9D46E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D46E

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D46E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D46E	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d46e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e19a',
    500: '#e9d46e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d46e;
$custom-light: #f2e19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d46e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86677,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D46E

secondary

#3D53BE

accent

#32D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D46E

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

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