#E9E648#E9E648

#E9E648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.171 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E648
RGB	rgb(233, 230, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 69.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.11, -16.92, 73.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.11, 75.10, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0538 0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.171 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.0731, 74.3871, 17.1653)
Luminance	0.7439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E648 #484BE9

analogous

#E99648 #E9E648 #9CE948

triadic

#E9E648 #48E9E6 #E648E9

tetradic

#E9E648 #48E996 #484BE9 #E9489C

square

#E9E648 #48E996 #484BE9 #E9489C

split-complementary

#E9E648 #489CE9 #9648E9

monochromatic

#A3A014 #DAD61A #E9E648 #F0ED7F #F6F5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#E9E648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#E9E648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E648

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E648	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)

#F9DD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 230, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.171 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed84',
    500: '#e9e648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e648;
$custom-light: #f4ed84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.882,
    "s": 78.537,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90026,
    "c": 0.17135,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E648

secondary

#3032A5

accent

#36F533

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E648

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

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