#E9D255#E9D255

#E9D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.145 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D255
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -6.24, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 63.19, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86% -0.0222 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(86% 0.145 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.2930, 64.0753, 17.8898)
Luminance	0.6407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D255 #556CE9

analogous

#E98855 #E9D255 #B6E955

triadic

#E9D255 #55E9D2 #D255E9

tetradic

#E9D255 #55E988 #556CE9 #E955B6

square

#E9D255 #55E988 #556CE9 #E955B6

split-complementary

#E9D255 #55B6E9 #8855E9

monochromatic

#AD9616 #E2C41F #E9D255 #F0E08B #F7EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#E9D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D255

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D255	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)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.145 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df8a',
    500: '#e9d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d255;
$custom-light: #f3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D255

secondary

#3447AE

accent

#2CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D255

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

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