#E9D359#E9D359

#E9D359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D359
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -6.50, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 61.83, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0225 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7041, 64.6360, 18.8331)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D359 #596FE9

analogous

#E98B59 #E9D359 #B7E959

triadic

#E9D359 #59E9D3 #D359E9

tetradic

#E9D359 #59E98B #596FE9 #E959B7

square

#E9D359 #59E98B #596FE9 #E959B7

split-complementary

#E9D359 #59B7E9 #8B59E9

monochromatic

#B09917 #E2C523 #E9D359 #F0E18F #F7F0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E9D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D359

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D359	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08d',
    500: '#e9d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d359;
$custom-light: #f3e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86241,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D359

secondary

#3548B1

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D359

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

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