#E9E460#E9E460

#E9E460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.152 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E460
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -14.54, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 65.02, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0447 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.152 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.4610, 73.6569, 21.9384)
Luminance	0.7366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E460 #6065E9

analogous

#E9A060 #E9E460 #AAE960

triadic

#E9E460 #60E9E4 #E460E9

tetradic

#E9E460 #60E9A0 #6065E9 #E960AA

square

#E9E460 #60E9A0 #6065E9 #E960AA

split-complementary

#E9E460 #60AAE9 #A060E9

monochromatic

#B5B019 #E2DB2A #E9E460 #F0ED96 #F8F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#E9E460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E460

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E460	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.152 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec92',
    500: '#e9e460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e460;
$custom-light: #f3ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89808,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E460

secondary

#383CB5

accent

#15D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E460

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

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