#E9D05B#E9D05B

#E9D05B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.138 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D05B
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -4.85, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 59.99, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.0175 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.138 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.0509, 63.1934, 19.0353)
Luminance	0.6319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D05B #5B74E9

analogous

#E9895B #E9D05B #BBE95B

triadic

#E9D05B #5BE9D0 #D05BE9

tetradic

#E9D05B #5BE989 #5B74E9 #E95BBB

square

#E9D05B #5BE989 #5B74E9 #E95BBB

split-complementary

#E9D05B #5BBBE9 #895BE9

monochromatic

#B29718 #E2C125 #E9D05B #F0DF91 #F7EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E9D05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D05B

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D05B	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.138 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8e',
    500: '#e9d05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d05b;
$custom-light: #f3de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85651,
    "c": 0.13838,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D05B

secondary

#364CB2

accent

#31D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D05B

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

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