#E9E452#E9E452

#E9E452 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.163 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E452
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -15.41, 68.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 70.68, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.68% -0.0486 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(89.68% 0.163 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8729, 73.4217, 18.8409)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E452 #5257E9

analogous

#E99952 #E9E452 #A3E952

triadic

#E9E452 #52E9E4 #E452E9

tetradic

#E9E452 #52E999 #5257E9 #E952A3

square

#E9E452 #52E999 #5257E9 #E952A3

split-complementary

#E9E452 #52A3E9 #9952E9

monochromatic

#ABA616 #E1DB1D #E9E452 #F0EC88 #F7F5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#E9E452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E452

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E452	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)

#F6DB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.163 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8a',
    500: '#e9e452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e452;
$custom-light: #f3ec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.013,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89684,
    "c": 0.16284,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E452

secondary

#3337AC

accent

#13DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E452

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

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