#E9CD59#E9CD59

#E9CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD59
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -3.44, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 59.91, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0137 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2413, 61.7103, 18.3455)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD59 #5975E9

analogous

#E98559 #E9CD59 #BDE959

triadic

#E9CD59 #59E9CD #CD59E9

tetradic

#E9CD59 #59E985 #5975E9 #E959BD

square

#E9CD59 #59E985 #5975E9 #E959BD

split-complementary

#E9CD59 #59BDE9 #8559E9

monochromatic

#B09317 #E2BD23 #E9CD59 #F0DD8F #F7EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E9CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E9CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD59

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD59	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3db8c',
    500: '#e9cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd59;
$custom-light: #f3db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85024,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD59

secondary

#354DB1

accent

#34D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD59

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

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