#E9D95A#E9D95A

#E9D95A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.147 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D95A
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.85, -9.47, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.85, 63.46, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.48% -0.0309 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(87.48% 0.147 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.2649, 67.6899, 19.5619)
Luminance	0.6769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D95A #5A6AE9

analogous

#E9915A #E9D95A #B1E95A

triadic

#E9D95A #5AE9D9 #D95AE9

tetradic

#E9D95A #5AE991 #5A6AE9 #E95AB1

square

#E9D95A #5AE991 #5A6AE9 #E95AB1

split-complementary

#E9D95A #5AB1E9 #915AE9

monochromatic

#B1A018 #E2CD24 #E9D95A #F0E590 #F7F2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D95A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E9D95A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D95A

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D95A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D95A	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d95a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.147 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e48e',
    500: '#e9d95a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d95a;
$custom-light: #f3e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d95a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87478,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D95A

secondary

#3644B1

accent

#24D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D95A

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

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