#E9D450#E9D450

#E9D450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.150 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D450
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -7.55, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 65.88, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0265 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.15 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.5982, 64.9924, 17.0460)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D450 #5065E9

analogous

#E98850 #E9D450 #B2E950

triadic

#E9D450 #50E9D4 #D450E9

tetradic

#E9D450 #50E988 #5065E9 #E950B2

square

#E9D450 #50E988 #5065E9 #E950B2

split-complementary

#E9D450 #50B2E9 #8850E9

monochromatic

#A99515 #E0C51C #E9D450 #F0E186 #F7EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E9D450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D450

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D450	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)

#E7CE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.150 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e087',
    500: '#e9d450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d450;
$custom-light: #f4e087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86364,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D450

secondary

#3243AB

accent

#28DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D450

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

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