#E9E481#E9E481

#E9E481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.122 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E481
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 44.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -11.84, 48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 50.11, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0336 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.122 106)
XYZ	xyz(65.3115, 74.3971, 31.6843)
Luminance	0.7440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E481 #8186E9

analogous

#E9B081 #E9E481 #BAE981

triadic

#E9E481 #81E9E4 #E481E9

tetradic

#E9E481 #81E9B0 #8186E9 #E981BA

square

#E9E481 #81E9B0 #8186E9 #E981BA

split-complementary

#E9E481 #81BAE9 #B081E9

monochromatic

#CCC424 #E0D94D #E9E481 #F2EFB5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E9E481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E481

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E481	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.122 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eca7',
    500: '#e9e481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e481;
$custom-light: #f2eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.902,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.74395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E481

secondary

#4C52C2

accent

#1CD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E481

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

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