#E9D65D#E9D65D

#E9D65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.142 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D65D
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -7.76, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 61.13, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0257 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.142 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6289, 66.2095, 19.9926)
Luminance	0.6621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D65D #5D70E9

analogous

#E9905D #E9D65D #B6E95D

triadic

#E9D65D #5DE9D6 #D65DE9

tetradic

#E9D65D #5DE990 #5D70E9 #E95DB6

square

#E9D65D #5DE990 #5D70E9 #E95DB6

split-complementary

#E9D65D #5DB6E9 #905DE9

monochromatic

#B39E18 #E2C827 #E9D65D #F0E493 #F8F1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#E9D65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D65D

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D65D	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)

#E8D050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.142 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e28f',
    500: '#e9d65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d65d;
$custom-light: #f3e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.857,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86893,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D65D

secondary

#3748B3

accent

#29D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D65D

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

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