#E9D74F#E9D74F

#E9D74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.153 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D74F
RGB	rgb(233, 215, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -9.12, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 67.27, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0311 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.153 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3185, 66.4915, 17.1052)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D74F #4F61E9

analogous

#E98A4F #E9D74F #AEE94F

triadic

#E9D74F #4FE9D7 #D74FE9

tetradic

#E9D74F #4FE98A #4F61E9 #E94FAE

square

#E9D74F #4FE98A #4F61E9 #E94FAE

split-complementary

#E9D74F #4FAEE9 #8A4FE9

monochromatic

#A99715 #DFC81C #E9D74F #F0E385 #F7F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#E9D74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D74F

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D74F	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)

#EAD13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.153 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e387',
    500: '#e9d74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d74f;
$custom-light: #f4e387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.987,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8697,
    "c": 0.15323,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D74F

secondary

#3240AA

accent

#24DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D74F

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

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