#E9E282#E9E282

#E9E282 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.118 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E282
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 130)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 44.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -10.75, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 48.78, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0304 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.118 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.8313, 73.3298, 31.8537)
Luminance	0.7333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E282 #8289E9

analogous

#E9AE82 #E9E282 #BCE982

triadic

#E9E282 #82E9E2 #E282E9

tetradic

#E9E282 #82E9AE #8289E9 #E982BC

square

#E9E282 #82E9AE #8289E9 #E982BC

split-complementary

#E9E282 #82BCE9 #AE82E9

monochromatic

#CDC124 #E0D64E #E9E282 #F2EEB6 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#E9E282 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E282

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E282	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.118 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eaa8',
    500: '#e9e282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e282;
$custom-light: #f2eaa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.922,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89802,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E282

secondary

#4D55C2

accent

#20D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E282

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

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