#E9D44F#E9D44F

#E9D44F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.151 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D44F
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -7.61, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 66.28, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0268 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.151 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5616, 64.9777, 16.8529)
Luminance	0.6498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D44F #4F64E9

analogous

#E9874F #E9D44F #B1E94F

triadic

#E9D44F #4FE9D4 #D44FE9

tetradic

#E9D44F #4FE987 #4F64E9 #E94FB1

square

#E9D44F #4FE987 #4F64E9 #E94FB1

split-complementary

#E9D44F #4FB1E9 #874FE9

monochromatic

#A99415 #DFC41C #E9D44F #F0E185 #F7EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E9D44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D44F

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D44F	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)

#E7CE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.151 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e087',
    500: '#e9d44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d44f;
$custom-light: #f4e087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86355,
    "c": 0.15074,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D44F

secondary

#3243AA

accent

#28DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D44F

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

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