#E9D15D#E9D15D

#E9D15D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D15D
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.82, -5.22, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.82, 59.45, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0184 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3829, 63.7175, 19.5773)
Luminance	0.6371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D15D #5D75E9

analogous

#E98B5D #E9D15D #BBE95D

triadic

#E9D15D #5DE9D1 #D15DE9

tetradic

#E9D15D #5DE98B #5D75E9 #E95DBB

square

#E9D15D #5DE98B #5D75E9 #E95DBB

split-complementary

#E9D15D #5DBBE9 #8B5DE9

monochromatic

#B39918 #E2C227 #E9D15D #F0E093 #F8F0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#E9D15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D15D

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D15D	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)

#E4CC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de8f',
    500: '#e9d15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d15d;
$custom-light: #f3de8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85875,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D15D

secondary

#374CB3

accent

#30D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D15D

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

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