#E9D164#E9D164

#E9D164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D164
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 100)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -4.73, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 56.34, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0162 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7073, 63.8472, 21.2855)
Luminance	0.6384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D164 #647CE9

analogous

#E98E64 #E9D164 #BEE964

triadic

#E9D164 #64E9D1 #D164E9

tetradic

#E9D164 #64E98E #647CE9 #E964BE

square

#E9D164 #64E98E #647CE9 #E964BE

split-complementary

#E9D164 #64BEE9 #8E64E9

monochromatic

#B89C1A #E1C12E #E9D164 #F1E19A #F8F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E9D164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E9D164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D164

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D164	1.00	1.53	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de93',
    500: '#e9d164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d164;
$custom-light: #f3de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8595,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D164

secondary

#3950B8

accent

#32D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D164

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

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