#E9E472#E9E472

#E9E472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.136 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E472
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -13.18, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 57.10, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0389 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.136 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.3866, 74.0272, 26.8133)
Luminance	0.7402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E472 #7277E9

analogous

#E9A872 #E9E472 #B2E972

triadic

#E9E472 #72E9E4 #E472E9

tetradic

#E9E472 #72E9A8 #7277E9 #E972B2

square

#E9E472 #72E9A8 #7277E9 #E972B2

split-complementary

#E9E472 #72B2E9 #A872E9

monochromatic

#C2BB1E #E1DA3D #E9E472 #F1EEA7 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E9E472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E472

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E472	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.136 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec9d',
    500: '#e9e472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e472;
$custom-light: #f2ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90004,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E472

secondary

#3E44C1

accent

#19D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E472

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

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