#E9D05D#E9D05D

#E9D05D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D05D
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -4.71, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 59.12, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0169 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.1383, 63.2284, 19.4957)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D05D #5D76E9

analogous

#E98A5D #E9D05D #BCE95D

triadic

#E9D05D #5DE9D0 #D05DE9

tetradic

#E9D05D #5DE98A #5D76E9 #E95DBC

square

#E9D05D #5DE98A #5D76E9 #E95DBC

split-complementary

#E9D05D #5DBCE9 #8A5DE9

monochromatic

#B39818 #E2C027 #E9D05D #F0E093 #F8EFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#E9D05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D05D

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D05D	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8f',
    500: '#e9d05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d05d;
$custom-light: #f3de8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85672,
    "c": 0.13674,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D05D

secondary

#374DB3

accent

#31D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D05D

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

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