#E9D45A#E9D45A

#E9D45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.142 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D45A
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -6.94, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 61.74, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0237 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.142 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9956, 65.1513, 19.1388)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D45A #5A6FE9

analogous

#E98C5A #E9D45A #B6E95A

triadic

#E9D45A #5AE9D4 #D45AE9

tetradic

#E9D45A #5AE98C #5A6FE9 #E95AB6

square

#E9D45A #5AE98C #5A6FE9 #E95AB6

split-complementary

#E9D45A #5AB6E9 #8C5AE9

monochromatic

#B19A18 #E2C624 #E9D45A #F0E290 #F7F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E9D45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D45A

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D45A	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.142 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08d',
    500: '#e9d45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d45a;
$custom-light: #f3e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86455,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D45A

secondary

#3648B1

accent

#2BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D45A

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

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