#E9D64F#E9D64F

#E9D64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.152 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D64F
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -8.62, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 66.94, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0297 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.152 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.0646, 65.9838, 17.0206)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D64F #4F62E9

analogous

#E9894F #E9D64F #AFE94F

triadic

#E9D64F #4FE9D6 #D64FE9

tetradic

#E9D64F #4FE989 #4F62E9 #E94FAF

square

#E9D64F #4FE989 #4F62E9 #E94FAF

split-complementary

#E9D64F #4FAFE9 #894FE9

monochromatic

#A99615 #DFC71C #E9D64F #F0E385 #F7EFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E9D64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D64F

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D64F	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)

#E9D03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.152 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e287',
    500: '#e9d64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d64f;
$custom-light: #f4e287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.597,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86765,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D64F

secondary

#3241AA

accent

#25DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D64F

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

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