#E9D84F#E9D84F

#E9D84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.154 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D84F
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 79)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -9.62, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 67.60, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0325 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.154 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.5739, 67.0023, 17.1903)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D84F #4F60E9

analogous

#E98B4F #E9D84F #ADE94F

triadic

#E9D84F #4FE9D8 #D84FE9

tetradic

#E9D84F #4FE98B #4F60E9 #E94FAD

square

#E9D84F #4FE98B #4F60E9 #E94FAD

split-complementary

#E9D84F #4FADE9 #8B4FE9

monochromatic

#A99815 #DFC91C #E9D84F #F0E485 #F7F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E9D84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E9D84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D84F

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D84F	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)

#EBD13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.154 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e387',
    500: '#e9d84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d84f;
$custom-light: #f4e387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.377,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87175,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D84F

secondary

#323FAA

accent

#22DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D84F

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

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