#E9D75F#E9D75F
#E9D75F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.141 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D75F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 215, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.38, -8.13, 60.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.38, 60.62, 97.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.12% -0.0265 0.1384) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.12% 0.141 100.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.9725, 66.7531, 20.5499) |
| Luminance | 0.6675 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 1.47
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.48
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.68
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.08
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.16
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D75F #5F71E9
analogous
#E9925F #E9D75F #B6E95F
triadic
#E9D75F #5FE9D7 #D75FE9
tetradic
#E9D75F #5FE992 #5F71E9 #E95FB6
square
#E9D75F #5FE992 #5F71E9 #E95FB6
split-complementary
#E9D75F #5FB6E9 #925FE9
monochromatic
#B5A019 #E2CA29 #E9D75F #F0E495 #F8F2CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#E9D75F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.35
#E9D75F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D75F
14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D75F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D75F | 1.00 | 1.46 | 14.35 | 14.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E9D152
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED965
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d75f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.141 100.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e391',
500: '#e9d75f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d75f; $custom-light: #f3e391; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d75f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 215,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.174,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87118,
"c": 0.14088,
"h": 100.8
},
"luminance": 0.66751
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D75F
secondary
#3748B5
accent
#28D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F