#E9D65C#E9D65C

#E9D65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D65C
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.09, -7.82, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.09, 61.56, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.026 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.142 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5849, 66.1919, 19.7609)
Luminance	0.6619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D65C #5C6FE9

analogous

#E98F5C #E9D65C #B5E95C

triadic

#E9D65C #5CE9D6 #D65CE9

tetradic

#E9D65C #5CE98F #5C6FE9 #E95CB5

square

#E9D65C #5CE98F #5C6FE9 #E95CB5

split-complementary

#E9D65C #5CB5E9 #8F5CE9

monochromatic

#B39E18 #E2C826 #E9D65C #F0E492 #F8F1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#E9D65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D65C

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D65C	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)

#E8D04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e28f',
    500: '#e9d65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d65c;
$custom-light: #f3e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86883,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D65C

secondary

#3647B3

accent

#28D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D65C

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

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