#E9D963#E9D963

#E9D963 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.139 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D963
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -8.85, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 59.58, 98.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.57% -0.0281 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(87.57% 0.139 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.6714, 67.8525, 21.7029)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D963 #6373E9

analogous

#E99663 #E9D963 #B6E963

triadic

#E9D963 #63E9D9 #D963E9

tetradic

#E9D963 #63E996 #6373E9 #E963B6

square

#E9D963 #63E996 #6373E9 #E963B6

split-complementary

#E9D963 #63B6E9 #9663E9

monochromatic

#B8A51A #E1CC2D #E9D963 #F1E699 #F8F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E9D963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D963

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D963	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)

#EBD357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.139 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e493',
    500: '#e9d963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d963;
$custom-light: #f3e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87569,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D963

secondary

#3948B7

accent

#26D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D963

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

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