#E9D575#E9D575

#E9D575 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.119 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D575
RGB	rgb(233, 213, 117)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 49.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -5.40, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 49.87, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0162 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.119 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6113, 66.1988, 26.4111)
Luminance	0.6620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D575 #7589E9

analogous

#E99B75 #E9D575 #C3E975

triadic

#E9D575 #75E9D5 #D575E9

tetradic

#E9D575 #75E99B #7589E9 #E975C3

square

#E9D575 #75E99B #7589E9 #E975C3

split-complementary

#E9D575 #75C3E9 #9B75E9

monochromatic

#C4A81F #E1C540 #E9D575 #F1E5AA #FAF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#E9D575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D575

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D575	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D06D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C9BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 213, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.119 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e19f',
    500: '#e9d575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d575;
$custom-light: #f2e19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8697,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D575

secondary

#4157C1

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D575

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

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