#E9D95E#E9D95E

#E9D95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D95E
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -9.20, 61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 61.76, 98.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0297 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4397, 67.7598, 20.4828)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D95E #5E6EE9

analogous

#E9945E #E9D95E #B3E95E

triadic

#E9D95E #5EE9D9 #D95EE9

tetradic

#E9D95E #5EE994 #5E6EE9 #E95EB3

square

#E9D95E #5EE994 #5E6EE9 #E95EB3

split-complementary

#E9D95E #5EB3E9 #945EE9

monochromatic

#B4A219 #E2CC28 #E9D95E #F0E694 #F8F2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#E9D95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D95E

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D95E	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e490',
    500: '#e9d95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d95e;
$custom-light: #f3e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87517,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D95E

secondary

#3745B4

accent

#25D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D95E

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

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