#E9D858#E9D858

#E9D858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.147 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D858
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 62.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.58, -9.09, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.58, 63.95, 98.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.03 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.147 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.9239, 67.1424, 19.0339)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D858 #5869E9

analogous

#E99058 #E9D858 #B1E958

triadic

#E9D858 #58E9D8 #D858E9

tetradic

#E9D858 #58E990 #5869E9 #E958B1

square

#E9D858 #58E990 #5869E9 #E958B1

split-complementary

#E9D858 #58B1E9 #9058E9

monochromatic

#AF9E17 #E2CB22 #E9D858 #F0E58E #F7F1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E9D858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E9D858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D858

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D858	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.147 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e38c',
    500: '#e9d858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d858;
$custom-light: #f3e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 76.72,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87254,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D858

secondary

#3543B0

accent

#25D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D858

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

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