#E9D562#E9D562

#E9D562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D562
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -6.91, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 58.60, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0226 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.6054, 65.7964, 21.1132)
Luminance	0.6579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D562 #6276E9

analogous

#E99162 #E9D562 #BAE962

triadic

#E9D562 #62E9D5 #D562E9

tetradic

#E9D562 #62E991 #6276E9 #E962BA

square

#E9D562 #62E991 #6276E9 #E962BA

split-complementary

#E9D562 #62BAE9 #9162E9

monochromatic

#B7A01A #E1C72C #E9D562 #F1E398 #F8F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E9D562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D562

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D562	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e192',
    500: '#e9d562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d562;
$custom-light: #f3e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86741,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D562

secondary

#384BB7

accent

#2CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D562

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

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