#E9D850#E9D850

#E9D850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.153 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D850
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -9.57, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 67.21, 98.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0323 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.153 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.6106, 67.0170, 17.3835)
Luminance	0.6702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D850 #5061E9

analogous

#E98C50 #E9D850 #AEE950

triadic

#E9D850 #50E9D8 #D850E9

tetradic

#E9D850 #50E98C #5061E9 #E950AE

square

#E9D850 #50E98C #5061E9 #E950AE

split-complementary

#E9D850 #50AEE9 #8C50E9

monochromatic

#A99915 #E0CA1C #E9D850 #F0E486 #F7F0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E9D850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#E9D850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D850

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D850	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)

#EBD23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.153 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e388',
    500: '#e9d850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d850;
$custom-light: #f4e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87183,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D850

secondary

#3240AB

accent

#23DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D850

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

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