#E9D650#E9D650

#E9D650 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	#E9D650
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -8.56, 65.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 66.54, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0294 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.152 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1013, 65.9985, 17.2137)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D650 #5063E9

analogous

#E98A50 #E9D650 #B0E950

triadic

#E9D650 #50E9D6 #D650E9

tetradic

#E9D650 #50E98A #5063E9 #E950B0

square

#E9D650 #50E98A #5063E9 #E950B0

split-complementary

#E9D650 #50B0E9 #8A50E9

monochromatic

#A99715 #E0C71C #E9D650 #F0E386 #F7EFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E9D650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E9D650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D650

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D650	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)

#E9D03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.152 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e288',
    500: '#e9d650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d650;
$custom-light: #f4e288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.549,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86773,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D650

secondary

#3241AB

accent

#25DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D650

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

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