#E9D350#E9D350
#E9D350 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.149 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D350 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 211, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 78%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.22, -7.05, 65.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.22, 65.56, 96.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.16% -0.0251 0.1471) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.16% 0.149 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.3490, 64.4940, 16.9630) |
| Luminance | 0.6449 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.22
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.76
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.81
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.81
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.87
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D350 #5066E9
analogous
#E98750 #E9D350 #B2E950
triadic
#E9D350 #50E9D3 #D350E9
tetradic
#E9D350 #50E987 #5066E9 #E950B2
square
#E9D350 #50E987 #5066E9 #E950B2
split-complementary
#E9D350 #50B2E9 #8750E9
monochromatic
#A99415 #E0C41C #E9D350 #F0E186 #F7EEBD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E9D350 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.90
#E9D350 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D350
13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D350 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D350 | 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)
#E6CD3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD657
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC4B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d350; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.149 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4e087',
500: '#e9d350',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d350; $custom-light: #f4e087; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d350",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 211,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.373,
"s": 77.665,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86159,
"c": 0.14921,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.64491
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D350
secondary
#3244AB
accent
#29DA0C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F