#E9D94E#E9D94E

#E9D94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.156 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D94E
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.76, -10.18, 67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.76, 68.33, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0342 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.156 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.7947, 67.5018, 17.0857)
Luminance	0.6750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D94E #4E5EE9

analogous

#E98B4E #E9D94E #ACE94E

triadic

#E9D94E #4EE9D9 #D94EE9

tetradic

#E9D94E #4EE98B #4E5EE9 #E94EAC

square

#E9D94E #4EE98B #4E5EE9 #E94EAC

split-complementary

#E9D94E #4EACE9 #8B4EE9

monochromatic

#A89915 #DECA1C #E9D94E #F0E584 #F7F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E9D94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D94E

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D94E	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.156 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e487',
    500: '#e9d94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d94e;
$custom-light: #f4e487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.806,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87373,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D94E

secondary

#323EA9

accent

#21DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D94E

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

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