#E9E486#E9E486

#E9E486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.116 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E486
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 42.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -11.35, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 47.72, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.27% -0.0318 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(90.27% 0.116 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6520, 74.5333, 33.4776)
Luminance	0.7453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E486 #868BE9

analogous

#E9B386 #E9E486 #BDE986

triadic

#E9E486 #86E9E4 #E486E9

tetradic

#E9E486 #86E9B3 #868BE9 #E986BD

square

#E9E486 #86E9B3 #868BE9 #E986BD

split-complementary

#E9E486 #86BDE9 #B386E9

monochromatic

#CFC626 #E0D852 #E9E486 #F2F0BA #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#E9E486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E486

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E486	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.116 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ecab',
    500: '#e9e486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e486;
$custom-light: #f1ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90271,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E486

secondary

#5156C2

accent

#1ED114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E486

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

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