#E9D363#E9D363

#E9D363 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.134 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D363
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 99)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -5.82, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 57.47, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0194 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.134 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.1529, 64.8155, 21.1968)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D363 #6379E9

analogous

#E99063 #E9D363 #BCE963

triadic

#E9D363 #63E9D3 #D363E9

tetradic

#E9D363 #63E990 #6379E9 #E963BC

square

#E9D363 #63E990 #6379E9 #E963BC

split-complementary

#E9D363 #63BCE9 #9063E9

monochromatic

#B89E1A #E1C42D #E9D363 #F1E299 #F8F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D363 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E9D363 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D363

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D363	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D363	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)

#E5CE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d363;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.134 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e093',
    500: '#e9d363',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d363;
$custom-light: #f3e093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d363",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86345,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D363

secondary

#394EB7

accent

#2FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D363

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

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