#E9D165#E9D165

#E9D165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.131 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D165
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.90, -4.65, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.90, 55.89, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(85.96% -0.0158 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(85.96% 0.131 97)
XYZ	xyz(58.7560, 63.8667, 21.5420)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D165 #657DE9

analogous

#E98F65 #E9D165 #BFE965

triadic

#E9D165 #65E9D1 #D165E9

tetradic

#E9D165 #65E98F #657DE9 #E965BF

square

#E9D165 #65E98F #657DE9 #E965BF

split-complementary

#E9D165 #65BFE9 #8F65E9

monochromatic

#B99C1A #E1C12F #E9D165 #F1E19B #F8F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#E9D165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D165

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D165	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	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)

#E3CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.131 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de94',
    500: '#e9d165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d165;
$custom-light: #f3de94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85961,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.63864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D165

secondary

#3A51B9

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D165

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

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