#E9D85D#E9D85D

#E9D85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D85D
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -8.77, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 61.83, 98.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0285 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1382, 67.2281, 20.1623)
Luminance	0.6723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D85D #5D6EE9

analogous

#E9925D #E9D85D #B4E95D

triadic

#E9D85D #5DE9D8 #D85DE9

tetradic

#E9D85D #5DE992 #5D6EE9 #E95DB4

square

#E9D85D #5DE992 #5D6EE9 #E95DB4

split-complementary

#E9D85D #5DB4E9 #925DE9

monochromatic

#B3A018 #E2CB27 #E9D85D #F0E593 #F8F2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E9D85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D85D

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D85D	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e38f',
    500: '#e9d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d85d;
$custom-light: #f3e38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87302,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D85D

secondary

#3746B3

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D85D

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

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