#E9D55A#E9D55A

#E9D55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D55A
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -7.45, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 62.08, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0251 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2464, 65.6528, 19.2224)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D55A #5A6EE9

analogous

#E98D5A #E9D55A #B6E95A

triadic

#E9D55A #5AE9D5 #D55AE9

tetradic

#E9D55A #5AE98D #5A6EE9 #E95AB6

square

#E9D55A #5AE98D #5A6EE9 #E95AB6

split-complementary

#E9D55A #5AB6E9 #8D5AE9

monochromatic

#B19C18 #E2C724 #E9D55A #F0E390 #F7F0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E9D55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D55A

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D55A	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e18d',
    500: '#e9d55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d55a;
$custom-light: #f3e18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86659,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D55A

secondary

#3647B1

accent

#29D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D55A

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

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