#E9D85C#E9D85C

#E9D85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D85C
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -8.83, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 62.26, 98.16°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0288 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.0942, 67.2105, 19.9306)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D85C #5C6DE9

analogous

#E9915C #E9D85C #B3E95C

triadic

#E9D85C #5CE9D8 #D85CE9

tetradic

#E9D85C #5CE991 #5C6DE9 #E95CB3

square

#E9D85C #5CE991 #5C6DE9 #E95CB3

split-complementary

#E9D85C #5CB3E9 #915CE9

monochromatic

#B3A018 #E2CB26 #E9D85C #F0E592 #F8F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#E9D85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D85C

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D85C	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)

#EAD24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e38f',
    500: '#e9d85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d85c;
$custom-light: #f3e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87292,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D85C

secondary

#3645B3

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D85C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →