#E9D35A#E9D35A

#E9D35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D35A
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -6.44, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 61.41, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0222 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(58.7464, 64.6529, 19.0557)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D35A #5A70E9

analogous

#E98B5A #E9D35A #B8E95A

triadic

#E9D35A #5AE9D3 #D35AE9

tetradic

#E9D35A #5AE98B #5A70E9 #E95AB8

square

#E9D35A #5AE98B #5A70E9 #E95AB8

split-complementary

#E9D35A #5AB8E9 #8B5AE9

monochromatic

#B19918 #E2C524 #E9D35A #F0E190 #F7F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E9D35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D35A

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D35A	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)

#E6CE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08d',
    500: '#e9d35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d35a;
$custom-light: #f3e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86251,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.6465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D35A

secondary

#3649B1

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D35A

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

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