#E9E46B#E9E46B

#E9E46B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.143 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E46B
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 107)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 54.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -13.74, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 60.25, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0412 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.143 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.0033, 73.8738, 24.7947)
Luminance	0.7387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E46B #6B70E9

analogous

#E9A56B #E9E46B #AFE96B

triadic

#E9E46B #6BE9E4 #E46BE9

tetradic

#E9E46B #6BE9A5 #6B70E9 #E96BAF

square

#E9E46B #6BE9A5 #6B70E9 #E96BAF

split-complementary

#E9E46B #6BAFE9 #A56BE9

monochromatic

#BDB71C #E1DA36 #E9E46B #F1EEA0 #F9F7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E46B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#E9E46B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E46B

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E46B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E46B	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e46b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.143 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec99',
    500: '#e9e46b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e46b;
$custom-light: #f2ec99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e46b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.619,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89923,
    "c": 0.14283,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E46B

secondary

#3C41BC

accent

#17D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E46B

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

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