#E9D55B#E9D55B

#E9D55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D55B
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -7.39, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 61.65, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0248 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(59.2892, 65.6700, 19.4480)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D55B #5B6FE9

analogous

#E98E5B #E9D55B #B6E95B

triadic

#E9D55B #5BE9D5 #D55BE9

tetradic

#E9D55B #5BE98E #5B6FE9 #E95BB6

square

#E9D55B #5BE98E #5B6FE9 #E95BB6

split-complementary

#E9D55B #5BB6E9 #8E5BE9

monochromatic

#B29C18 #E2C725 #E9D55B #F0E391 #F7F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E9D55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D55B

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D55B	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)

#E8CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e18e',
    500: '#e9d55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d55b;
$custom-light: #f3e18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86669,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.65667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D55B

secondary

#3648B2

accent

#2AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D55B

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

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