#E9D351#E9D351

#E9D351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.148 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D351
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -6.99, 64.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 65.16, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.0248 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.148 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.3863, 64.5089, 17.1590)
Luminance	0.6451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D351 #5167E9

analogous

#E98751 #E9D351 #B3E951

triadic

#E9D351 #51E9D3 #D351E9

tetradic

#E9D351 #51E987 #5167E9 #E951B3

square

#E9D351 #51E987 #5167E9 #E951B3

split-complementary

#E9D351 #51B3E9 #8751E9

monochromatic

#AA9516 #E0C41C #E9D351 #F0E187 #F7EEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#E9D351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D351

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D351	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)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.148 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e088',
    500: '#e9d351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d351;
$custom-light: #f4e088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86168,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D351

secondary

#3344AB

accent

#2ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D351

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

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