#E9D662#E9D662

#E9D662 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D662
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -7.41, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 58.95, 97.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0241 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8577, 66.3010, 21.1973)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D662 #6275E9

analogous

#E99362 #E9D662 #B8E962

triadic

#E9D662 #62E9D6 #D662E9

tetradic

#E9D662 #62E993 #6275E9 #E962B8

square

#E9D662 #62E993 #6275E9 #E962B8

split-complementary

#E9D662 #62B8E9 #9362E9

monochromatic

#B7A11A #E1C82C #E9D662 #F1E498 #F8F2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D662 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E9D662 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D662

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D662	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D662	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d662;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e292',
    500: '#e9d662',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d662;
$custom-light: #f3e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d662",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.556,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86945,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D662

secondary

#384AB7

accent

#2AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D662

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

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