#E9E464#E9E464

#E9E464 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.149 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E464
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 100)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -14.26, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 63.31, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0434 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.149 107)
XYZ	xyz(63.6499, 73.7325, 22.9331)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E464 #6469E9

analogous

#E9A164 #E9E464 #ACE964

triadic

#E9E464 #64E9E4 #E464E9

tetradic

#E9E464 #64E9A1 #6469E9 #E964AC

square

#E9E464 #64E9A1 #6469E9 #E964AC

split-complementary

#E9E464 #64ACE9 #A164E9

monochromatic

#B8B21A #E1DB2E #E9E464 #F1ED9A #F8F7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E9E464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E464

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E464	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.149 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec94',
    500: '#e9e464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e464;
$custom-light: #f3ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89848,
    "c": 0.14891,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.73731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E464

secondary

#393EB8

accent

#16D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E464

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

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