#E9D863#E9D863

#E9D863 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D863
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 99)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -8.35, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 59.22, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0267 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.4144, 67.3386, 21.6173)
Luminance	0.6734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D863 #6374E9

analogous

#E99563 #E9D863 #B7E963

triadic

#E9D863 #63E9D8 #D863E9

tetradic

#E9D863 #63E995 #6374E9 #E963B7

square

#E9D863 #63E995 #6374E9 #E963B7

split-complementary

#E9D863 #63B7E9 #9563E9

monochromatic

#B8A41A #E1CB2D #E9D863 #F1E599 #F8F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#E9D863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D863

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D863	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e393',
    500: '#e9d863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d863;
$custom-light: #f3e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.388,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87364,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D863

secondary

#3949B7

accent

#28D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D863

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

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