#E9D263#E9D263

#E9D263 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D263
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -5.31, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 57.13, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.14% -0.018 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(86.14% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9053, 64.3202, 21.1142)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D263 #637AE9

analogous

#E98F63 #E9D263 #BDE963

triadic

#E9D263 #63E9D2 #D263E9

tetradic

#E9D263 #63E98F #637AE9 #E963BD

square

#E9D263 #63E98F #637AE9 #E963BD

split-complementary

#E9D263 #63BDE9 #8F63E9

monochromatic

#B89D1A #E1C32D #E9D263 #F1E199 #F8F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#E9D263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D263

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D263	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df93',
    500: '#e9d263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d263;
$custom-light: #f3df93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86142,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D263

secondary

#394FB7

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D263

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

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