#E9D45F#E9D45F

#E9D45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D45F
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -6.61, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 59.58, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.51% -0.0221 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.51% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2156, 65.2393, 20.2976)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D45F #5F74E9

analogous

#E98F5F #E9D45F #B9E95F

triadic

#E9D45F #5FE9D4 #D45FE9

tetradic

#E9D45F #5FE98F #5F74E9 #E95FB9

square

#E9D45F #5FE98F #5F74E9 #E95FB9

split-complementary

#E9D45F #5FB9E9 #8F5FE9

monochromatic

#B59D19 #E2C629 #E9D45F #F0E295 #F8F1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E9D45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D45F

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D45F	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e090',
    500: '#e9d45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d45f;
$custom-light: #f3e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86505,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D45F

secondary

#374AB5

accent

#2CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D45F

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

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