#E9E46F#E9E46F

#E9E46F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.139 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E46F
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(58, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -13.43, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 58.46, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0399 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.139 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.2187, 73.9600, 25.9287)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E46F #6F74E9

analogous

#E9A76F #E9E46F #B1E96F

triadic

#E9E46F #6FE9E4 #E46FE9

tetradic

#E9E46F #6FE9A7 #6F74E9 #E96FB1

square

#E9E46F #6FE9A7 #6F74E9 #E96FB1

split-complementary

#E9E46F #6FB1E9 #A76FE9

monochromatic

#C0BA1D #E1DA3A #E9E46F #F1EEA4 #F9F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#E9E46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E46F

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E46F	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.139 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec9b',
    500: '#e9e46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e46f;
$custom-light: #f2ec9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89969,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E46F

secondary

#3D43BF

accent

#18D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E46F

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

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