#E9E450#E9E450

#E9E450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.164 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E450
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 80)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.63, -15.53, 69.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.63, 71.45, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.0491 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.164 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.7979, 73.3917, 18.4459)
Luminance	0.7339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E450 #5055E9

analogous

#E99850 #E9E450 #A2E950

triadic

#E9E450 #50E9E4 #E450E9

tetradic

#E9E450 #50E998 #5055E9 #E950A2

square

#E9E450 #50E998 #5055E9 #E950A2

split-complementary

#E9E450 #50A2E9 #9850E9

monochromatic

#A9A415 #E0D91C #E9E450 #F0EC86 #F7F5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E9E450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E450

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E450	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.164 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec89',
    500: '#e9e450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e450;
$custom-light: #f3ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.039,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89668,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E450

secondary

#3236AB

accent

#12DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E450

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

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