#E9D050#E9D050

#E9D050 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D050
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -5.52, 64.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 64.61, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0207 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.6107, 63.0173, 16.7169)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D050 #5069E9

analogous

#E98450 #E9D050 #B6E950

triadic

#E9D050 #50E9D0 #D050E9

tetradic

#E9D050 #50E984 #5069E9 #E950B6

square

#E9D050 #50E984 #5069E9 #E950B6

split-complementary

#E9D050 #50B6E9 #8450E9

monochromatic

#A99115 #E0C01C #E9D050 #F0DF86 #F7EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#E9D050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D050

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D050	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de87',
    500: '#e9d050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d050;
$custom-light: #f4de87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.196,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85548,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D050

secondary

#3246AB

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D050

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

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