#E9D552#E9D552

#E9D552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.149 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D552
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -7.94, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 65.41, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0274 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.149 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9240, 65.5239, 17.5246)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D552 #5266E9

analogous

#E98A52 #E9D552 #B2E952

triadic

#E9D552 #52E9D5 #D552E9

tetradic

#E9D552 #52E98A #5266E9 #E952B2

square

#E9D552 #52E98A #5266E9 #E952B2

split-complementary

#E9D552 #52B2E9 #8A52E9

monochromatic

#AB9716 #E1C71D #E9D552 #F0E288 #F7EFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E9D552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D552

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D552	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.149 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e189',
    500: '#e9d552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d552;
$custom-light: #f3e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86585,
    "c": 0.14939,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D552

secondary

#3343AC

accent

#27DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D552

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

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