#E9D15B#E9D15B

#E9D15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.139 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D15B
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.80, -5.36, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.80, 60.32, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.019 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.139 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.2955, 63.6825, 19.1168)
Luminance	0.6368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D15B #5B73E9

analogous

#E98A5B #E9D15B #BAE95B

triadic

#E9D15B #5BE9D1 #D15BE9

tetradic

#E9D15B #5BE98A #5B73E9 #E95BBA

square

#E9D15B #5BE98A #5B73E9 #E95BBA

split-complementary

#E9D15B #5BBAE9 #8A5BE9

monochromatic

#B29818 #E2C225 #E9D15B #F0E091 #F7EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E9D15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D15B

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D15B	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.139 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8e',
    500: '#e9d15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d15b;
$custom-light: #f3de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85854,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D15B

secondary

#364BB2

accent

#2FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D15B

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

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