#E9D950#E9D950

#E9D950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.154 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D950
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -10.07, 66.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 67.55, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0337 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.154 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.8675, 67.5310, 17.4691)
Luminance	0.6753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D950 #5060E9

analogous

#E98D50 #E9D950 #ADE950

triadic

#E9D950 #50E9D9 #D950E9

tetradic

#E9D950 #50E98D #5060E9 #E950AD

square

#E9D950 #50E98D #5060E9 #E950AD

split-complementary

#E9D950 #50ADE9 #8D50E9

monochromatic

#A99A15 #E0CB1C #E9D950 #F0E586 #F7F1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#E9D950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D950

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D950	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.154 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e488',
    500: '#e9d950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d950;
$custom-light: #f3e488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.725,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87389,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D950

secondary

#323FAB

accent

#21DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D950

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

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