#E9D962#E9D962

#E9D962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D962
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.92, -8.92, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.92, 60.02, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0284 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.14 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.6239, 67.8335, 21.4527)
Luminance	0.6783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D962 #6272E9

analogous

#E99662 #E9D962 #B5E962

triadic

#E9D962 #62E9D9 #D962E9

tetradic

#E9D962 #62E996 #6272E9 #E962B5

square

#E9D962 #62E996 #6272E9 #E962B5

split-complementary

#E9D962 #62B5E9 #9662E9

monochromatic

#B7A41A #E1CC2C #E9D962 #F1E698 #F8F3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E9D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D962

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D962	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.140 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e493',
    500: '#e9d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d962;
$custom-light: #f3e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.889,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87558,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D962

secondary

#3847B7

accent

#26D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D962

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

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