#E9D964#E9D964

#E9D964 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.138 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D964
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 57.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.94, -8.78, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.94, 59.14, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0278 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.138 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7195, 67.8718, 21.9563)
Luminance	0.6787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D964 #6474E9

analogous

#E99664 #E9D964 #B6E964

triadic

#E9D964 #64E9D9 #D964E9

tetradic

#E9D964 #64E996 #6474E9 #E964B6

square

#E9D964 #64E996 #6474E9 #E964B6

split-complementary

#E9D964 #64B6E9 #9664E9

monochromatic

#B8A51A #E1CC2E #E9D964 #F1E69A #F8F3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#E9D964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D964

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D964	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)

#EBD358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.138 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e494',
    500: '#e9d964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d964;
$custom-light: #f3e494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 75.141,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8758,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D964

secondary

#3948B8

accent

#26D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D964

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

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