#E9D254#E9D254

#E9D254 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.145 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D254
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -6.31, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 63.61, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0225 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.145 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.2536, 64.0596, 17.6821)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D254 #546BE9

analogous

#E98754 #E9D254 #B6E954

triadic

#E9D254 #54E9D2 #D254E9

tetradic

#E9D254 #54E987 #546BE9 #E954B6

square

#E9D254 #54E987 #546BE9 #E954B6

split-complementary

#E9D254 #54B6E9 #8754E9

monochromatic

#AC9516 #E2C41E #E9D254 #F0E08A #F7EFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#E9D254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D254

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D254	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.145 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df8a',
    500: '#e9d254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d254;
$custom-light: #f3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 77.202,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85991,
    "c": 0.14546,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D254

secondary

#3447AD

accent

#2CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D254

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

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