#E9E466#E9E466

#E9E466 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.147 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E466
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 102)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -14.12, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 62.45, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.87% -0.0428 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(89.87% 0.147 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.7479, 73.7717, 23.4491)
Luminance	0.7377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E466 #666BE9

analogous

#E9A266 #E9E466 #ACE966

triadic

#E9E466 #66E9E4 #E466E9

tetradic

#E9E466 #66E9A2 #666BE9 #E966AC

square

#E9E466 #66E9A2 #666BE9 #E966AC

split-complementary

#E9E466 #66ACE9 #A266E9

monochromatic

#BAB41B #E1DB30 #E9E466 #F1ED9C #F8F7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#E9E466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E466

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E466	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)

#F5DC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.147 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ec96',
    500: '#e9e466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e466;
$custom-light: #f3ec96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89869,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E466

secondary

#3A3FB9

accent

#16D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E466

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

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