#E9D260#E9D260

#E9D260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D260
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -5.52, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 58.46, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0189 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(58.7645, 64.2639, 20.3729)
Luminance	0.6426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D260 #6077E9

analogous

#E98E60 #E9D260 #BCE960

triadic

#E9D260 #60E9D2 #D260E9

tetradic

#E9D260 #60E98E #6077E9 #E960BC

square

#E9D260 #60E98E #6077E9 #E960BC

split-complementary

#E9D260 #60BCE9 #8E60E9

monochromatic

#B59B19 #E2C32A #E9D260 #F0E196 #F8F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#E9D260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D260

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D260	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df91',
    500: '#e9d260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d260;
$custom-light: #f3df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86109,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.64261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D260

secondary

#384DB5

accent

#30D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D260

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

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