#E9D34F#E9D34F

#E9D34F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.150 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D34F
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -7.10, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 65.96, 96.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0253 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.15 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3124, 64.4793, 16.7698)
Luminance	0.6448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D34F #4F65E9

analogous

#E9864F #E9D34F #B2E94F

triadic

#E9D34F #4FE9D3 #D34FE9

tetradic

#E9D34F #4FE986 #4F65E9 #E94FB2

square

#E9D34F #4FE986 #4F65E9 #E94FB2

split-complementary

#E9D34F #4FB2E9 #864FE9

monochromatic

#A99315 #DFC31C #E9D34F #F0E185 #F7EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D34F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#E9D34F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D34F

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D34F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D34F	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d34f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.150 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e087',
    500: '#e9d34f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d34f;
$custom-light: #f4e087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d34f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86151,
    "c": 0.14994,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D34F

secondary

#3243AA

accent

#29DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D34F

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

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