#E9D95C#E9D95C

#E9D95C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.145 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D95C
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -9.33, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 62.61, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0303 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.145 102)
XYZ	xyz(60.3512, 67.7244, 20.0163)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D95C #5C6CE9

analogous

#E9925C #E9D95C #B3E95C

triadic

#E9D95C #5CE9D9 #D95CE9

tetradic

#E9D95C #5CE992 #5C6CE9 #E95CB3

square

#E9D95C #5CE992 #5C6CE9 #E95CB3

split-complementary

#E9D95C #5CB3E9 #925CE9

monochromatic

#B3A118 #E2CC26 #E9D95C #F0E692 #F8F2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D95C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E9D95C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D95C

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D95C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D95C	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)

#EBD34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d95c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.145 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e48f',
    500: '#e9d95c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d95c;
$custom-light: #f3e48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d95c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87497,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.67722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D95C

secondary

#3645B3

accent

#24D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D95C

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

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