#E9E490#E9E490

#E9E490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.105 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E490
RGB	rgb(233, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 38%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 38.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -10.31, 41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 42.86, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.028 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.105 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.3827, 74.8256, 37.3260)
Luminance	0.7482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E490 #9095E9

analogous

#E9B890 #E9E490 #C2E990

triadic

#E9E490 #90E9E4 #E490E9

tetradic

#E9E490 #90E9B8 #9095E9 #E990C2

square

#E9E490 #90E9B8 #9095E9 #E990C2

split-complementary

#E9E490 #90C2E9 #B890E9

monochromatic

#D4CB2A #DFD85D #E9E490 #F3F0C3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#E9E490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E490

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E490	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.105 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ecb1',
    500: '#e9e490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e490;
$custom-light: #f1ecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90425,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E490

secondary

#5A60C3

accent

#21CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E490

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

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