#E9D95F#E9D95F

#E9D95F 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 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D95F
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -9.13, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 61.33, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0294 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.4849, 67.7779, 20.7207)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D95F #5F6FE9

analogous

#E9945F #E9D95F #B4E95F

triadic

#E9D95F #5FE9D9 #D95FE9

tetradic

#E9D95F #5FE994 #5F6FE9 #E95FB4

square

#E9D95F #5FE994 #5F6FE9 #E95FB4

split-complementary

#E9D95F #5FB4E9 #945FE9

monochromatic

#B5A319 #E2CC29 #E9D95F #F0E695 #F8F3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#E9D95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D95F

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D95F	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e491',
    500: '#e9d95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d95f;
$custom-light: #f3e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87527,
    "c": 0.14265,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D95F

secondary

#3746B5

accent

#25D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D95F

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

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