#E9E645#E9E645

#E9E645 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.173 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E645
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -17.06, 74.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 76.14, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0545 0.1644)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.173 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.9776, 74.3489, 16.6624)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E645 #4548E9

analogous

#E99445 #E9E645 #9AE945

triadic

#E9E645 #45E9E6 #E645E9

tetradic

#E9E645 #45E994 #4548E9 #E9459A

square

#E9E645 #45E994 #4548E9 #E9459A

split-complementary

#E9E645 #459AE9 #9445E9

monochromatic

#A19E13 #D7D419 #E9E645 #EFED7C #F6F5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#E9E645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E645

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E645	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)

#F9DD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.173 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed83',
    500: '#e9e645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e645;
$custom-light: #f4ed83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.902,
    "s": 78.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90006,
    "c": 0.17316,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E645

secondary

#2F31A3

accent

#36F532

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFDF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18160B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E645

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

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