#E9D055#E9D055

#E9D055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.143 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D055
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -5.23, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 62.55, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0193 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.143 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.8024, 63.0940, 17.7263)
Luminance	0.6309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D055 #556EE9

analogous

#E98655 #E9D055 #B8E955

triadic

#E9D055 #55E9D0 #D055E9

tetradic

#E9D055 #55E986 #556EE9 #E955B8

square

#E9D055 #55E986 #556EE9 #E955B8

split-complementary

#E9D055 #55B8E9 #8655E9

monochromatic

#AD9416 #E2C11F #E9D055 #F0DF8B #F7EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E9D055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D055

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D055	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.143 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8a',
    500: '#e9d055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d055;
$custom-light: #f3de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85593,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D055

secondary

#3449AE

accent

#2FD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D055

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

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