#E9D15A#E9D15A

#E9D15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D15A
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -5.42, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 60.75, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0193 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.2526, 63.6654, 18.8911)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D15A #5A72E9

analogous

#E9895A #E9D15A #B9E95A

triadic

#E9D15A #5AE9D1 #D15AE9

tetradic

#E9D15A #5AE989 #5A72E9 #E95AB9

square

#E9D15A #5AE989 #5A72E9 #E95AB9

split-complementary

#E9D15A #5AB9E9 #895AE9

monochromatic

#B19718 #E2C224 #E9D15A #F0E090 #F7EFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#E9D15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D15A

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D15A	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8d',
    500: '#e9d15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d15a;
$custom-light: #f3de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85844,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D15A

secondary

#364AB1

accent

#2FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D15A

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

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