#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
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.37
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.41
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.59
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.71
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.74
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.81
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