#E9E488#E9E488

#E9E488 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.114 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E488
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 136)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 41.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.20, -11.15, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.20, 46.75, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.3% -0.031 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(90.3% 0.114 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.7928, 74.5896, 34.2192)
Luminance	0.7459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E488 #888DE9

analogous

#E9B388 #E9E488 #BEE988

triadic

#E9E488 #88E9E4 #E488E9

tetradic

#E9E488 #88E9B3 #888DE9 #E988BE

square

#E9E488 #88E9B3 #888DE9 #E988BE

split-complementary

#E9E488 #88BEE9 #B388E9

monochromatic

#D0C726 #DFD854 #E9E488 #F3F0BC #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#E9E488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E488

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E488	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.114 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ecac',
    500: '#e9e488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e488;
$custom-light: #f1ecac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 68.794,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90301,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E488

secondary

#5358C3

accent

#1ED115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E488

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

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