#E9D162#E9D162

#E9D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D162
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.87, -4.87, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.87, 57.24, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0168 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6117, 63.8090, 20.7820)
Luminance	0.6381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D162 #627AE9

analogous

#E98D62 #E9D162 #BEE962

triadic

#E9D162 #62E9D1 #D162E9

tetradic

#E9D162 #62E98D #627AE9 #E962BE

square

#E9D162 #62E98D #627AE9 #E962BE

split-complementary

#E9D162 #62BEE9 #8D62E9

monochromatic

#B79B1A #E1C12C #E9D162 #F1E198 #F8F0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#E9D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D162

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D162	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de92',
    500: '#e9d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d162;
$custom-light: #f3de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85928,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D162

secondary

#384FB7

accent

#32D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D162

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

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