#E9D960#E9D960

#E9D960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.142 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D960
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -9.06, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 60.89, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0291 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.142 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.5307, 67.7962, 20.9616)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D960 #6070E9

analogous

#E99560 #E9D960 #B4E960

triadic

#E9D960 #60E9D9 #D960E9

tetradic

#E9D960 #60E995 #6070E9 #E960B4

square

#E9D960 #60E995 #6070E9 #E960B4

split-complementary

#E9D960 #60B4E9 #9560E9

monochromatic

#B5A319 #E2CC2A #E9D960 #F0E696 #F8F3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#E9D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D960

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D960	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)

#EBD353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.142 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e491',
    500: '#e9d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d960;
$custom-light: #f3e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87537,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D960

secondary

#3846B5

accent

#25D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D960

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

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