#E9E46D#E9E46D

#E9E46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.141 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E46D
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.88, -13.59, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.88, 59.36, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.95% -0.0406 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(89.95% 0.141 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1098, 73.9164, 25.3552)
Luminance	0.7391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E46D #6D72E9

analogous

#E9A66D #E9E46D #B0E96D

triadic

#E9E46D #6DE9E4 #E46DE9

tetradic

#E9E46D #6DE9A6 #6D72E9 #E96DB0

square

#E9E46D #6DE9A6 #6D72E9 #E96DB0

split-complementary

#E9E46D #6DB0E9 #A66DE9

monochromatic

#BFB81D #E1DA38 #E9E46D #F1EEA2 #F9F8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#E9E46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E46D

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E46D	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.141 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec9a',
    500: '#e9e46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e46d;
$custom-light: #f2ec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89946,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E46D

secondary

#3C42BE

accent

#18D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E46D

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

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