#E9D646#E9D646

#E9D646 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.158 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D646
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -9.08, 69.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 70.37, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0319 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.158 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7589, 65.8615, 15.4106)
Luminance	0.6586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D646 #4659E9

analogous

#E98546 #E9D646 #ABE946

triadic

#E9D646 #46E9D6 #D646E9

tetradic

#E9D646 #46E985 #4659E9 #E946AB

square

#E9D646 #46E985 #4659E9 #E946AB

split-complementary

#E9D646 #46ABE9 #8546E9

monochromatic

#A19113 #D8C21A #E9D646 #F0E27D #F6EEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#E9D646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D646

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D646	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.158 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e282',
    500: '#e9d646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d646;
$custom-light: #f4e282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.006,
    "s": 78.744,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86695,
    "c": 0.15842,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D646

secondary

#2F3DA4

accent

#49F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D646

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

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