#E9D565#E9D565

#E9D565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D565
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -6.69, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 57.26, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0217 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.7497, 65.8542, 21.8732)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D565 #6579E9

analogous

#E99365 #E9D565 #BBE965

triadic

#E9D565 #65E9D5 #D565E9

tetradic

#E9D565 #65E993 #6579E9 #E965BB

square

#E9D565 #65E993 #6579E9 #E965BB

split-complementary

#E9D565 #65BBE9 #9365E9

monochromatic

#B9A11A #E1C62F #E9D565 #F1E49B #F8F2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#E9D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D565

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D565	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e194',
    500: '#e9d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d565;
$custom-light: #f3e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86774,
    "c": 0.134,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D565

secondary

#3A4DB9

accent

#2DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D565

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

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