#E9D355#E9D355

#E9D355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.145 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D355
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -6.75, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 63.52, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0237 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.5407, 64.5706, 17.9724)
Luminance	0.6457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D355 #556BE9

analogous

#E98955 #E9D355 #B5E955

triadic

#E9D355 #55E9D3 #D355E9

tetradic

#E9D355 #55E989 #556BE9 #E955B5

square

#E9D355 #55E989 #556BE9 #E955B5

split-complementary

#E9D355 #55B5E9 #8955E9

monochromatic

#AD9716 #E2C51F #E9D355 #F0E18B #F7EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#E9D355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D355

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D355	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)

#E6CE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.145 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08a',
    500: '#e9d355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d355;
$custom-light: #f3e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86204,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D355

secondary

#3446AE

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D355

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

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