#E9E854#E9E854

#E9E854 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.165 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E854
RGB	rgb(233, 232, 84)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.71, -17.26, 69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.71, 71.41, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(90.54% -0.0536 0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(90.54% 0.165 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.0632, 75.6788, 19.6186)
Luminance	0.7568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E854 #5455E9

analogous

#E99D54 #E9E854 #A0E954

triadic

#E9E854 #54E9E8 #E854E9

tetradic

#E9E854 #54E99D #5455E9 #E954A0

square

#E9E854 #54E99D #5455E9 #E954A0

split-complementary

#E9E854 #54A0E9 #9D54E9

monochromatic

#ACAB16 #E2E11E #E9E854 #F0EF8A #F7F7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#E9E854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#E9E854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E854

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E854	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 232, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.165 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ef8b',
    500: '#e9e854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e854;
$custom-light: #f3ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90535,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E854

secondary

#3435AD

accent

#0DD90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E854

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

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