#E9D36D#E9D36D

#E9D36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.125 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D36D
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -5.05, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 52.91, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0161 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.125 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6609, 65.0187, 23.8723)
Luminance	0.6502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D36D #6D83E9

analogous

#E9956D #E9D36D #C1E96D

triadic

#E9D36D #6DE9D3 #D36DE9

tetradic

#E9D36D #6DE995 #6D83E9 #E96DC1

square

#E9D36D #6DE995 #6D83E9 #E96DC1

split-complementary

#E9D36D #6DC1E9 #956DE9

monochromatic

#BFA21D #E1C338 #E9D36D #F1E3A2 #F9F3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E9D36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D36D

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D36D	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.125 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e099',
    500: '#e9d36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d36d;
$custom-light: #f2e099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86461,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D36D

secondary

#3C53BE

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D36D

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

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