#E9E474#E9E474

#E9E474 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.135 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E474
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.96, -13.01, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.96, 56.19, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0382 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.135 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5017, 74.0732, 27.4194)
Luminance	0.7407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E474 #7479E9

analogous

#E9A974 #E9E474 #B3E974

triadic

#E9E474 #74E9E4 #E474E9

tetradic

#E9E474 #74E9A9 #7479E9 #E974B3

square

#E9E474 #74E9A9 #7479E9 #E974B3

split-complementary

#E9E474 #74B3E9 #A974E9

monochromatic

#C4BD1F #E1DA3F #E9E474 #F1EEA9 #FAF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#E9E474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E474

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E474	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)

#F4DD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.135 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ec9f',
    500: '#e9e474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e474;
$custom-light: #f2ec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90029,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E474

secondary

#4046C1

accent

#19D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E474

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

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