#E9D155#E9D155

#E9D155 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D155
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -5.74, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 62.87, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0208 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.0469, 63.5831, 17.8078)
Luminance	0.6358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D155 #556DE9

analogous

#E98755 #E9D155 #B7E955

triadic

#E9D155 #55E9D1 #D155E9

tetradic

#E9D155 #55E987 #556DE9 #E955B7

square

#E9D155 #55E987 #556DE9 #E955B7

split-complementary

#E9D155 #55B7E9 #8755E9

monochromatic

#AD9516 #E2C21F #E9D155 #F0E08B #F7EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#E9D155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D155

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D155	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8a',
    500: '#e9d155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d155;
$custom-light: #f3de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85796,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D155

secondary

#3448AE

accent

#2DD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D155

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

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