#E9D85E#E9D85E

#E9D85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.143 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D85E
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -8.70, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 61.40, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.31% -0.0282 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(87.31% 0.143 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.1828, 67.2459, 20.3971)
Luminance	0.6724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D85E #5E6FE9

analogous

#E9935E #E9D85E #B5E95E

triadic

#E9D85E #5EE9D8 #D85EE9

tetradic

#E9D85E #5EE993 #5E6FE9 #E95EB5

square

#E9D85E #5EE993 #5E6FE9 #E95EB5

split-complementary

#E9D85E #5EB5E9 #935EE9

monochromatic

#B4A119 #E2CB28 #E9D85E #F0E594 #F8F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E9D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D85E

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D85E	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)

#EAD251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.143 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e390',
    500: '#e9d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d85e;
$custom-light: #f3e390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.662,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87312,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D85E

secondary

#3746B4

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D85E

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

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