#E9D35B#E9D35B

#E9D35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D35B
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -6.37, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 60.98, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0219 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(58.7893, 64.6701, 19.2814)
Luminance	0.6467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D35B #5B71E9

analogous

#E98C5B #E9D35B #B8E95B

triadic

#E9D35B #5BE9D3 #D35BE9

tetradic

#E9D35B #5BE98C #5B71E9 #E95BB8

square

#E9D35B #5BE98C #5B71E9 #E95BB8

split-complementary

#E9D35B #5BB8E9 #8C5BE9

monochromatic

#B29A18 #E2C525 #E9D35B #F0E191 #F7F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E9D35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D35B

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D35B	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)

#E6CE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08e',
    500: '#e9d35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d35b;
$custom-light: #f3e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86261,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.64668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D35B

secondary

#3649B2

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D35B

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

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