#E9D265#E9D265

#E9D265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.131 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D265
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -5.16, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 56.23, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0173 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.131 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0021, 64.3589, 21.6240)
Luminance	0.6436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D265 #657CE9

analogous

#E99065 #E9D265 #BEE965

triadic

#E9D265 #65E9D2 #D265E9

tetradic

#E9D265 #65E990 #657CE9 #E965BE

square

#E9D265 #65E990 #657CE9 #E965BE

split-complementary

#E9D265 #65BEE9 #9065E9

monochromatic

#B99D1A #E1C22F #E9D265 #F1E29B #F8F1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#E9D265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D265

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D265	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)

#E4CD5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.131 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df94',
    500: '#e9d265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d265;
$custom-light: #f3df94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86164,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D265

secondary

#3A50B9

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D265

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

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