#E9D84E#E9D84E

#E9D84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.155 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D84E
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -9.68, 67.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 67.99, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.17% -0.0328 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(87.17% 0.155 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5378, 66.9879, 17.0001)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D84E #4E5FE9

analogous

#E98A4E #E9D84E #ACE94E

triadic

#E9D84E #4EE9D8 #D84EE9

tetradic

#E9D84E #4EE98A #4E5FE9 #E94EAC

square

#E9D84E #4EE98A #4E5FE9 #E94EAC

split-complementary

#E9D84E #4EACE9 #8A4EE9

monochromatic

#A89815 #DEC91C #E9D84E #F0E484 #F7F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E9D84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E9D84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D84E

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D84E	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.155 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e387',
    500: '#e9d84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d84e;
$custom-light: #f4e387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.419,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87167,
    "c": 0.15477,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D84E

secondary

#323FA9

accent

#22DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D84E

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

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