#E9D45B#E9D45B

#E9D45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D45B
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -6.88, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 61.31, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0234 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0385, 65.1685, 19.3645)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D45B #5B70E9

analogous

#E98D5B #E9D45B #B7E95B

triadic

#E9D45B #5BE9D4 #D45BE9

tetradic

#E9D45B #5BE98D #5B70E9 #E95BB7

square

#E9D45B #5BE98D #5B70E9 #E95BB7

split-complementary

#E9D45B #5BB7E9 #8D5BE9

monochromatic

#B29B18 #E2C625 #E9D45B #F0E291 #F7F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E9D45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D45B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D45B	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)

#E7CF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e08e',
    500: '#e9d45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d45b;
$custom-light: #f3e08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86465,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D45B

secondary

#3648B2

accent

#2BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D45B

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

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