#E9E463#E9E463

#E9E463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.150 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E463
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -14.33, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 63.74, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0438 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.15 107)
XYZ	xyz(63.6018, 73.7132, 22.6797)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E463 #6368E9

analogous

#E9A163 #E9E463 #ABE963

triadic

#E9E463 #63E9E4 #E463E9

tetradic

#E9E463 #63E9A1 #6368E9 #E963AB

square

#E9E463 #63E9A1 #6368E9 #E963AB

split-complementary

#E9E463 #63ABE9 #A163E9

monochromatic

#B8B21A #E1DB2D #E9E463 #F1ED99 #F8F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#E9E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E463

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E463	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.150 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec94',
    500: '#e9e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e463;
$custom-light: #f3ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89838,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.73711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E463

secondary

#393EB7

accent

#16D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E463

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

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