#E9D150#E9D150

#E9D150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.148 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D150
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -6.03, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 64.92, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0222 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.148 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8553, 63.5064, 16.7984)
Luminance	0.6350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D150 #5068E9

analogous

#E98550 #E9D150 #B5E950

triadic

#E9D150 #50E9D1 #D150E9

tetradic

#E9D150 #50E985 #5068E9 #E950B5

square

#E9D150 #50E985 #5068E9 #E950B5

split-complementary

#E9D150 #50B5E9 #8550E9

monochromatic

#A99215 #E0C11C #E9D150 #F0DF86 #F7EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#E9D150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D150

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D150	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.148 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4de87',
    500: '#e9d150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d150;
$custom-light: #f4de87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85752,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D150

secondary

#3245AB

accent

#2CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D150

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

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