#E9D750#E9D750
#E9D750 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 | #E9D750 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 215, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 78%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 65.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.25, -9.06, 66.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.25, 66.87, 97.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.98% -0.0308 0.1494) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.98% 0.153 101.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.3551, 66.5062, 17.2983) |
| Luminance | 0.6650 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.33
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.77
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.34
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.34
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.60
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D750 #5062E9
analogous
#E98B50 #E9D750 #AFE950
triadic
#E9D750 #50E9D7 #D750E9
tetradic
#E9D750 #50E98B #5062E9 #E950AF
square
#E9D750 #50E98B #5062E9 #E950AF
split-complementary
#E9D750 #50AFE9 #8B50E9
monochromatic
#A99815 #E0C91C #E9D750 #F0E386 #F7F0BD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#E9D750 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.30
#E9D750 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D750
14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D750 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D750 | 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)
#EAD13E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD858
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC8BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d750; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.153 101.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4e388',
500: '#e9d750',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d750; $custom-light: #f4e388; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d750",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 215,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.941,
"s": 77.665,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86978,
"c": 0.15251,
"h": 101.7
},
"luminance": 0.66504
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D750
secondary
#3241AB
accent
#24DA0C
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F