#E9D053#E9D053

#E9D053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D053
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -5.35, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 63.38, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0199 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.7240, 63.0626, 17.3137)
Luminance	0.6306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D053 #536CE9

analogous

#E98553 #E9D053 #B7E953

triadic

#E9D053 #53E9D0 #D053E9

tetradic

#E9D053 #53E985 #536CE9 #E953B7

square

#E9D053 #53E985 #536CE9 #E953B7

split-complementary

#E9D053 #53B7E9 #8553E9

monochromatic

#AC9316 #E2C11D #E9D053 #F0DF89 #F7EEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#E9D053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D053

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D053	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de89',
    500: '#e9d053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d053;
$custom-light: #f3de89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85575,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D053

secondary

#3348AD

accent

#2EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D053

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

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