#E9D75C#E9D75C
#E9D75C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D75C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 215, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 60.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.35, -8.33, 61.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.35, 61.91, 97.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.09% -0.0274 0.1407) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.09% 0.143 101) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.8388, 66.6996, 19.8455) |
| Luminance | 0.6670 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.28
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.49
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.99
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.14
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.25
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D75C #5C6EE9
analogous
#E9905C #E9D75C #B4E95C
triadic
#E9D75C #5CE9D7 #D75CE9
tetradic
#E9D75C #5CE990 #5C6EE9 #E95CB4
square
#E9D75C #5CE990 #5C6EE9 #E95CB4
split-complementary
#E9D75C #5CB4E9 #905CE9
monochromatic
#B39F18 #E2CA26 #E9D75C #F0E492 #F8F1C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#E9D75C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.34
#E9D75C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D75C
14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D75C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D75C | 1.00 | 1.46 | 14.34 | 14.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D14E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD962
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAC9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d75c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.143 101.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e38f',
500: '#e9d75c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d75c; $custom-light: #f3e38f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d75c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 215,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.34,
"s": 76.216,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87087,
"c": 0.14335,
"h": 101
},
"luminance": 0.66697
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D75C
secondary
#3646B3
accent
#27D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F