#E9D362#E9D362

#E9D362 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.135 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D362
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -5.89, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 57.91, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0197 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.135 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.1054, 64.7965, 20.9465)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D362 #6278E9

analogous

#E98F62 #E9D362 #BCE962

triadic

#E9D362 #62E9D3 #D362E9

tetradic

#E9D362 #62E98F #6278E9 #E962BC

square

#E9D362 #62E98F #6278E9 #E962BC

split-complementary

#E9D362 #62BCE9 #8F62E9

monochromatic

#B79D1A #E1C42C #E9D362 #F1E298 #F8F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E9D362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D362

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D362	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.135 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e092',
    500: '#e9d362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d362;
$custom-light: #f3e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.222,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86334,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D362

secondary

#384DB7

accent

#2FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D362

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

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