#E9E480#E9E480

#E9E480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.123 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E480
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 128)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.10, -11.94, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.10, 50.59, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.19% -0.034 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(90.19% 0.123 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2453, 74.3706, 31.3359)
Luminance	0.7437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E480 #8085E9

analogous

#E9AF80 #E9E480 #B9E980

triadic

#E9E480 #80E9E4 #E480E9

tetradic

#E9E480 #80E9AF #8085E9 #E980B9

square

#E9E480 #80E9AF #8085E9 #E980B9

split-complementary

#E9E480 #80B9E9 #AF80E9

monochromatic

#CBC323 #E0D94C #E9E480 #F2EFB4 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E9E480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E480

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E480	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.123 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eca7',
    500: '#e9e480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e480;
$custom-light: #f2eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90186,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E480

secondary

#4B51C2

accent

#1CD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E480

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

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