#E9D85A#E9D85A

#E9D85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.146 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D85A
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -8.96, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 63.11, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.27% -0.0294 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(87.27% 0.146 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0079, 67.1760, 19.4762)
Luminance	0.6717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D85A #5A6BE9

analogous

#E9905A #E9D85A #B2E95A

triadic

#E9D85A #5AE9D8 #D85AE9

tetradic

#E9D85A #5AE990 #5A6BE9 #E95AB2

square

#E9D85A #5AE990 #5A6BE9 #E95AB2

split-complementary

#E9D85A #5AB2E9 #905AE9

monochromatic

#B19F18 #E2CB24 #E9D85A #F0E590 #F7F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#E9D85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D85A

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D85A	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	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)

#EAD24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.146 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e38e',
    500: '#e9d85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d85a;
$custom-light: #f3e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87273,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D85A

secondary

#3644B1

accent

#25D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D85A

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

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