#E9D85B#E9D85B

#E9D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D85B
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.60, -8.90, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.60, 62.69, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0291 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0508, 67.1931, 19.7019)
Luminance	0.6719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D85B #5B6CE9

analogous

#E9915B #E9D85B #B3E95B

triadic

#E9D85B #5BE9D8 #D85BE9

tetradic

#E9D85B #5BE991 #5B6CE9 #E95BB3

square

#E9D85B #5BE991 #5B6CE9 #E95BB3

split-complementary

#E9D85B #5BB3E9 #915BE9

monochromatic

#B29F18 #E2CB25 #E9D85B #F0E591 #F7F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#E9D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D85B

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D85B	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e38e',
    500: '#e9d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d85b;
$custom-light: #f3e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87282,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D85B

secondary

#3645B2

accent

#25D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D85B

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

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