#E9D354#E9D354
#E9D354 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D354 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 211, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 77%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.25, -6.81, 63.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.25, 63.93, 96.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.2% -0.024 0.1443) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.2% 0.146 99.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.5013, 64.5549, 17.7646) |
| Luminance | 0.6455 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.20
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.64
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.66
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.77
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.79
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D354 #546AE9
analogous
#E98954 #E9D354 #B5E954
triadic
#E9D354 #54E9D3 #D354E9
tetradic
#E9D354 #54E989 #546AE9 #E954B5
square
#E9D354 #54E989 #546AE9 #E954B5
split-complementary
#E9D354 #54B5E9 #8954E9
monochromatic
#AC9616 #E2C51E #E9D354 #F0E18A #F7EFC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#E9D354 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.91
#E9D354 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D354
13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D354 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D354 | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.91 | 13.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CE45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD65B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d354; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.146 99.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e08a',
500: '#e9d354',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d354; $custom-light: #f3e08a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d354",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 211,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.141,
"s": 77.202,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86195,
"c": 0.14627,
"h": 99.4
},
"luminance": 0.64552
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D354
secondary
#3446AD
accent
#2AD90C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F