#E9D95B#E9D95B

#E9D95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D95B
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.86, -9.40, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.86, 63.04, 98.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0306 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.3077, 67.7070, 19.7876)
Luminance	0.6771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D95B #5B6BE9

analogous

#E9925B #E9D95B #B2E95B

triadic

#E9D95B #5BE9D9 #D95BE9

tetradic

#E9D95B #5BE992 #5B6BE9 #E95BB2

square

#E9D95B #5BE992 #5B6BE9 #E95BB2

split-complementary

#E9D95B #5BB2E9 #925BE9

monochromatic

#B2A018 #E2CC25 #E9D95B #F0E691 #F7F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E9D95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D95B

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D95B	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)

#EBD34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e48e',
    500: '#e9d95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d95b;
$custom-light: #f3e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87488,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D95B

secondary

#3644B2

accent

#24D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D95B

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

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