#E9E286#E9E286

#E9E286 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.114 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E286
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 134)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 42.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -10.35, 45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 46.86, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0289 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.114 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.1050, 73.4393, 33.2953)
Luminance	0.7344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E286 #868DE9

analogous

#E9B186 #E9E286 #BEE986

triadic

#E9E286 #86E9E2 #E286E9

tetradic

#E9E286 #86E9B1 #868DE9 #E986BE

square

#E9E286 #86E9B1 #868DE9 #E986BE

split-complementary

#E9E286 #86BEE9 #B186E9

monochromatic

#CFC326 #E0D652 #E9E286 #F2EEBA #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E9E286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E286

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E286	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.114 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ebab',
    500: '#e9e286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e286;
$custom-light: #f1ebab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89861,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E286

secondary

#5159C2

accent

#22D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E286

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

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