#E9CD55#E9CD55

#E9CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD55
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -3.70, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 61.62, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0149 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0779, 61.6450, 17.4848)
Luminance	0.6164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD55 #5571E9

analogous

#E98355 #E9CD55 #BBE955

triadic

#E9CD55 #55E9CD #CD55E9

tetradic

#E9CD55 #55E983 #5571E9 #E955BB

square

#E9CD55 #55E983 #5571E9 #E955BB

split-complementary

#E9CD55 #55BBE9 #8355E9

monochromatic

#AD9116 #E2BD1F #E9CD55 #F0DD8B #F7EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E9CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E9CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD55

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD55	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8a',
    500: '#e9cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd55;
$custom-light: #f3db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84986,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD55

secondary

#344BAE

accent

#33D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD55

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

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