#E9D563#E9D563

#E9D563 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D563
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -6.83, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 58.16, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0223 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.6529, 65.8154, 21.3634)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D563 #6377E9

analogous

#E99263 #E9D563 #BAE963

triadic

#E9D563 #63E9D5 #D563E9

tetradic

#E9D563 #63E992 #6377E9 #E963BA

square

#E9D563 #63E992 #6377E9 #E963BA

split-complementary

#E9D563 #63BAE9 #9263E9

monochromatic

#B8A01A #E1C72D #E9D563 #F1E399 #F8F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#E9D563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D563

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D563	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)

#E7D057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e193',
    500: '#e9d563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d563;
$custom-light: #f3e193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86752,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D563

secondary

#394CB7

accent

#2CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D563

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

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