#E9E47D#E9E47D

#E9E47D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.126 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E47D
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 46.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.06, -12.22, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.06, 52.00, 103.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.035 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.126 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0508, 74.2928, 30.3113)
Luminance	0.7429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E47D #7D82E9

analogous

#E9AE7D #E9E47D #B8E97D

triadic

#E9E47D #7DE9E4 #E47DE9

tetradic

#E9E47D #7DE9AE #7D82E9 #E97DB8

square

#E9E47D #7DE9AE #7D82E9 #E97DB8

split-complementary

#E9E47D #7DB8E9 #AE7DE9

monochromatic

#CAC222 #E0D949 #E9E47D #F2EFB1 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E47D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#E9E47D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E47D

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E47D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E47D	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e47d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.126 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eca5',
    500: '#e9e47d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e47d;
$custom-light: #f2eca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e47d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.222,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90145,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E47D

secondary

#484EC2

accent

#1BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E47D

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

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