#E9D665#E9D665

#E9D665 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D665
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 101)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -7.19, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 57.61, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0231 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.0020, 66.3588, 21.9573)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D665 #6578E9

analogous

#E99465 #E9D665 #BAE965

triadic

#E9D665 #65E9D6 #D665E9

tetradic

#E9D665 #65E994 #6578E9 #E965BA

square

#E9D665 #65E994 #6578E9 #E965BA

split-complementary

#E9D665 #65BAE9 #9465E9

monochromatic

#B9A21A #E1C82F #E9D665 #F1E49B #F8F3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#E9D665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D665

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D665	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e294',
    500: '#e9d665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d665;
$custom-light: #f3e294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86977,
    "c": 0.13486,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D665

secondary

#3A4CB9

accent

#2BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D665

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

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