#E9D85F#E9D85F

#E9D85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D85F
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -8.63, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 60.97, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0279 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.2279, 67.2640, 20.6350)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D85F #5F70E9

analogous

#E9935F #E9D85F #B5E95F

triadic

#E9D85F #5FE9D8 #D85FE9

tetradic

#E9D85F #5FE993 #5F70E9 #E95FB5

square

#E9D85F #5FE993 #5F70E9 #E95FB5

split-complementary

#E9D85F #5FB5E9 #935FE9

monochromatic

#B5A219 #E2CB29 #E9D85F #F0E595 #F8F2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#E9D85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D85F

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D85F	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)

#EAD252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e391',
    500: '#e9d85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d85f;
$custom-light: #f3e391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87322,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D85F

secondary

#3747B5

accent

#26D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D85F

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

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