#E9D15F#E9D15F

#E9D15F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D15F
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.84, -5.09, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.84, 58.57, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0178 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.4727, 63.7534, 20.0499)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D15F #5F77E9

analogous

#E98C5F #E9D15F #BCE95F

triadic

#E9D15F #5FE9D1 #D15FE9

tetradic

#E9D15F #5FE98C #5F77E9 #E95FBC

square

#E9D15F #5FE98C #5F77E9 #E95FBC

split-complementary

#E9D15F #5FBCE9 #8C5FE9

monochromatic

#B59A19 #E2C229 #E9D15F #F0E095 #F8F0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#E9D15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D15F

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D15F	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de90',
    500: '#e9d15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d15f;
$custom-light: #f3de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85895,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D15F

secondary

#374DB5

accent

#31D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D15F

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

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