#E9D74E#E9D74E

#E9D74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.154 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D74E
RGB	rgb(233, 215, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -9.17, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 67.66, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0314 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.154 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2824, 66.4771, 16.9149)
Luminance	0.6647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D74E #4E60E9

analogous

#E9894E #E9D74E #ADE94E

triadic

#E9D74E #4EE9D7 #D74EE9

tetradic

#E9D74E #4EE989 #4E60E9 #E94EAD

square

#E9D74E #4EE989 #4E60E9 #E94EAD

split-complementary

#E9D74E #4EADE9 #894EE9

monochromatic

#A89715 #DEC81C #E9D74E #F0E384 #F7F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E9D74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D74E

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D74E	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.154 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e386',
    500: '#e9d74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d74e;
$custom-light: #f4e386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.032,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86962,
    "c": 0.15393,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D74E

secondary

#3240A9

accent

#23DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D74E

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

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