#E9E478#E9E478

#E9E478 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E478
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.00, -12.67, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.00, 54.34, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0368 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.7394, 74.1683, 28.6713)
Luminance	0.7417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E478 #787DE9

analogous

#E9AC78 #E9E478 #B6E978

triadic

#E9E478 #78E9E4 #E478E9

tetradic

#E9E478 #78E9AC #787DE9 #E978B6

square

#E9E478 #78E9AC #787DE9 #E978B6

split-complementary

#E9E478 #78B6E9 #AC78E9

monochromatic

#C6BF20 #E0D943 #E9E478 #F2EFAD #FAF9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#E9E478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#E9E478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E478

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E478	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eca1',
    500: '#e9e478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e478;
$custom-light: #f2eca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90079,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E478

secondary

#4449C1

accent

#1AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E478

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

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