#E9D062#E9D062

#E9D062 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.133 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D062
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -4.36, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 56.91, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0153 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.133 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3671, 63.3199, 20.7004)
Luminance	0.6332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D062 #627BE9

analogous

#E98D62 #E9D062 #BEE962

triadic

#E9D062 #62E9D0 #D062E9

tetradic

#E9D062 #62E98D #627BE9 #E962BE

square

#E9D062 #62E98D #627BE9 #E962BE

split-complementary

#E9D062 #62BEE9 #8D62E9

monochromatic

#B79A1A #E1C02C #E9D062 #F1E098 #F8F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E9D062 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E9D062 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D062

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D062	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D062	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d062;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.133 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de92',
    500: '#e9d062',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d062;
$custom-light: #f3de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d062",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85725,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D062

secondary

#3850B7

accent

#33D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D062

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

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