#E9D463#E9D463

#E9D463 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D463
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -6.33, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 57.81, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.55% -0.0209 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(86.55% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.4021, 65.3139, 21.2798)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D463 #6378E9

analogous

#E99163 #E9D463 #BBE963

triadic

#E9D463 #63E9D4 #D463E9

tetradic

#E9D463 #63E991 #6378E9 #E963BB

square

#E9D463 #63E991 #6378E9 #E963BB

split-complementary

#E9D463 #63BBE9 #9163E9

monochromatic

#B89F1A #E1C52D #E9D463 #F1E399 #F8F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#E9D463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D463

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D463	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e093',
    500: '#e9d463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d463;
$custom-light: #f3e093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.597,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86548,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D463

secondary

#394DB7

accent

#2ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D463

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

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