#E9D063#E9D063
#E9D063 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.132 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D063 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 208, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 75%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 57.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.62, -4.29, 56.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.62, 56.46, 94.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.74% -0.015 0.1308) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.74% 0.132 96.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4146, 63.3389, 20.9507) |
| Luminance | 0.6334 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.89
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.01
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.28
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.77
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.83
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D063 #637CE9
analogous
#E98D63 #E9D063 #BFE963
triadic
#E9D063 #63E9D0 #D063E9
tetradic
#E9D063 #63E98D #637CE9 #E963BF
square
#E9D063 #63E98D #637CE9 #E963BF
split-complementary
#E9D063 #63BFE9 #8D63E9
monochromatic
#B89A1A #E1C02D #E9D063 #F1E099 #F8F0CE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.54
#E9D063 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.67
#E9D063 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D063
13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D063 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D063 | 1.00 | 1.54 | 13.67 | 13.67 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2CC58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D468
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC2B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d063; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.132 96.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3de93',
500: '#e9d063',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d063; $custom-light: #f3de93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d063",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 208,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.806,
"s": 75.281,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85736,
"c": 0.13163,
"h": 96.6
},
"luminance": 0.63336
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D063
secondary
#3950B7
accent
#34D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F