#E9D56D#E9D56D

#E9D56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D56D
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -6.07, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 53.61, 96.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.019 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.1609, 66.0186, 24.0389)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D56D #6D81E9

analogous

#E9976D #E9D56D #BFE96D

triadic

#E9D56D #6DE9D5 #D56DE9

tetradic

#E9D56D #6DE997 #6D81E9 #E96DBF

square

#E9D56D #6DE997 #6D81E9 #E96DBF

split-complementary

#E9D56D #6DBFE9 #976DE9

monochromatic

#BFA51D #E1C638 #E9D56D #F1E4A2 #F9F4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E9D56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D56D

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D56D	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e199',
    500: '#e9d56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d56d;
$custom-light: #f2e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86867,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D56D

secondary

#3C51BE

accent

#30D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D56D

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

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