#E9D65E#E9D65E

#E9D65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D65E
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -7.69, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 60.70, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.9% -0.0253 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(86.9% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.6735, 66.2274, 20.2274)
Luminance	0.6623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D65E #5E71E9

analogous

#E9915E #E9D65E #B6E95E

triadic

#E9D65E #5EE9D6 #D65EE9

tetradic

#E9D65E #5EE991 #5E71E9 #E95EB6

square

#E9D65E #5EE991 #5E71E9 #E95EB6

split-complementary

#E9D65E #5EB6E9 #915EE9

monochromatic

#B49F19 #E2C828 #E9D65E #F0E494 #F8F1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#E9D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D65E

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D65E	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e290',
    500: '#e9d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d65e;
$custom-light: #f3e290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86903,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D65E

secondary

#3748B4

accent

#29D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D65E

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

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