#E9D465#E9D465

#E9D465 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D465
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.67, -6.18, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.67, 56.91, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0202 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.4989, 65.3527, 21.7896)
Luminance	0.6535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D465 #657AE9

analogous

#E99265 #E9D465 #BCE965

triadic

#E9D465 #65E9D4 #D465E9

tetradic

#E9D465 #65E992 #657AE9 #E965BC

square

#E9D465 #65E992 #657AE9 #E965BC

split-complementary

#E9D465 #65BCE9 #9265E9

monochromatic

#B9A01A #E1C52F #E9D465 #F1E39B #F8F2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#E9D465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D465

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D465	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e094',
    500: '#e9d465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d465;
$custom-light: #f3e094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8657,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D465

secondary

#3A4EB9

accent

#2ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D465

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

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