#E9D862#E9D862

#E9D862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D862
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -8.42, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 59.66, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.027 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3669, 67.3196, 21.3671)
Luminance	0.6732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D862 #6273E9

analogous

#E99462 #E9D862 #B7E962

triadic

#E9D862 #62E9D8 #D862E9

tetradic

#E9D862 #62E994 #6273E9 #E962B7

square

#E9D862 #62E994 #6273E9 #E962B7

split-complementary

#E9D862 #62B7E9 #9462E9

monochromatic

#B7A31A #E1CB2C #E9D862 #F1E598 #F8F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#E9D862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D862

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D862	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e393',
    500: '#e9d862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d862;
$custom-light: #f3e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.444,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87354,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D862

secondary

#3848B7

accent

#27D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D862

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

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