#E9D057#E9D057

#E9D057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D057
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -5.10, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 61.71, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0187 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8829, 63.1262, 18.1506)
Luminance	0.6312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D057 #5770E9

analogous

#E98757 #E9D057 #B9E957

triadic

#E9D057 #57E9D0 #D057E9

tetradic

#E9D057 #57E987 #5770E9 #E957B9

square

#E9D057 #57E987 #5770E9 #E957B9

split-complementary

#E9D057 #57B9E9 #8757E9

monochromatic

#AF9517 #E2C121 #E9D057 #F0DF8D #F7EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E9D057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D057

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D057	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)

#E3CB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8b',
    500: '#e9d057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d057;
$custom-light: #f3de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85612,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D057

secondary

#354AAF

accent

#2FD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D057

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

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