#E9E454#E9E454

#E9E454 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.161 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E454
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 84)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -15.30, 68.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 69.90, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.0481 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.161 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.9501, 73.4525, 19.2476)
Luminance	0.7345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E454 #5459E9

analogous

#E99A54 #E9E454 #A3E954

triadic

#E9E454 #54E9E4 #E454E9

tetradic

#E9E454 #54E99A #5459E9 #E954A3

square

#E9E454 #54E99A #5459E9 #E954A3

split-complementary

#E9E454 #54A3E9 #9A54E9

monochromatic

#ACA716 #E2DB1E #E9E454 #F0ED8A #F7F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#E9E454 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#E9E454 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E454

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E454	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E454	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)

#F6DC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e454;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.161 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec8b',
    500: '#e9e454',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e454;
$custom-light: #f3ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e454",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.987,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.897,
    "c": 0.16143,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E454

secondary

#3438AD

accent

#13D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E454

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

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