#E9D663#E9D663

#E9D663 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.137 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D663
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -7.34, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 58.51, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0238 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.137 100)
XYZ	xyz(59.9052, 66.3200, 21.4475)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D663 #6376E9

analogous

#E99363 #E9D663 #B9E963

triadic

#E9D663 #63E9D6 #D663E9

tetradic

#E9D663 #63E993 #6376E9 #E963B9

square

#E9D663 #63E993 #6376E9 #E963B9

split-complementary

#E9D663 #63B9E9 #9363E9

monochromatic

#B8A11A #E1C82D #E9D663 #F1E499 #F8F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D663 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E9D663 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D663

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D663	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D663	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)

#E8D157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d663;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.137 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e293',
    500: '#e9d663',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d663;
$custom-light: #f3e293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d663",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86956,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.66318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D663

secondary

#394BB7

accent

#2BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D663

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

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