#E9D573#E9D573
#E9D573 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.121 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D573 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 213, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 73%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 50.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.07, -5.57, 50.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.07, 50.81, 96.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.94% -0.0169 0.1198) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.94% 0.121 98) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.4950, 66.1523, 25.7984) |
| Luminance | 0.6615 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.58
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.43
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.65
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.18
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D573 #7387E9
analogous
#E99A73 #E9D573 #C2E973
triadic
#E9D573 #73E9D5 #D573E9
tetradic
#E9D573 #73E99A #7387E9 #E973C2
square
#E9D573 #73E99A #7387E9 #E973C2
split-complementary
#E9D573 #73C2E9 #9A73E9
monochromatic
#C3A71F #E1C53E #E9D573 #F1E5A8 #FAF5DD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#E9D573 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.23
#E9D573 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D573
14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D573 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D573 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.23 | 14.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6D06A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EBD877
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8C8BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d573; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.121 98.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e19d',
500: '#e9d573',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d573; $custom-light: #f2e19d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d573",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 213,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.831,
"s": 72.84,
"l": 68.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86943,
"c": 0.12099,
"h": 98
},
"luminance": 0.6615
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D573
secondary
#3F55C1
accent
#32D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF5
border
#D6D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F