#E9D75A#E9D75A
#E9D75A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.145 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D75A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 215, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 61.4%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.33, -8.46, 62.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.33, 62.76, 97.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.07% -0.028 0.1422) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.07% 0.145 101.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.7525, 66.6651, 19.3911) |
| Luminance | 0.6666 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.20
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.51
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.19
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.20
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.25
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D75A #5A6CE9
analogous
#E98F5A #E9D75A #B3E95A
triadic
#E9D75A #5AE9D7 #D75AE9
tetradic
#E9D75A #5AE98F #5A6CE9 #E95AB3
square
#E9D75A #5AE98F #5A6CE9 #E95AB3
split-complementary
#E9D75A #5AB3E9 #8F5AE9
monochromatic
#B19E18 #E2CA24 #E9D75A #F0E490 #F7F1C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#E9D75A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.33
#E9D75A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D75A
14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D75A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D75A | 1.00 | 1.47 | 14.33 | 14.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.47 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D14C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD861
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC9BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d75a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.145 101.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e38e',
500: '#e9d75a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d75a; $custom-light: #f3e38e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d75a",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 215,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.448,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87068,
"c": 0.14495,
"h": 101.1
},
"luminance": 0.66663
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D75A
secondary
#3645B1
accent
#26D90D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F