#E9D264#E9D264

#E9D264 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.132 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D264
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 100)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.14, -5.24, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.14, 56.68, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0176 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.132 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.9534, 64.3395, 21.3676)
Luminance	0.6434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D264 #647BE9

analogous

#E98F64 #E9D264 #BDE964

triadic

#E9D264 #64E9D2 #D264E9

tetradic

#E9D264 #64E98F #647BE9 #E964BD

square

#E9D264 #64E98F #647BE9 #E964BD

split-complementary

#E9D264 #64BDE9 #8F64E9

monochromatic

#B89D1A #E1C22E #E9D264 #F1E29A #F8F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#E9D264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D264

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D264	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.132 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df93',
    500: '#e9d264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d264;
$custom-light: #f3df93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86153,
    "c": 0.13236,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D264

secondary

#394FB8

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D264

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

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