#E9D55C#E9D55C

#E9D55C 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 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D55C
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -7.32, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 61.22, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0245 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(59.3326, 65.6873, 19.6767)
Luminance	0.6569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D55C #5C70E9

analogous

#E98E5C #E9D55C #B6E95C

triadic

#E9D55C #5CE9D5 #D55CE9

tetradic

#E9D55C #5CE98E #5C70E9 #E95CB6

square

#E9D55C #5CE98E #5C70E9 #E95CB6

split-complementary

#E9D55C #5CB6E9 #8E5CE9

monochromatic

#B39D18 #E2C726 #E9D55C #F0E392 #F8F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#E9D55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D55C

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D55C	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e18f',
    500: '#e9d55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d55c;
$custom-light: #f3e18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86679,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.65685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D55C

secondary

#3648B3

accent

#2AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D55C

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

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