#E9DA4E#E9DA4E

#E9DA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.156 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DA4E
RGB	rgb(233, 218, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.02, -10.68, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.02, 68.67, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0356 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.156 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.0533, 68.0189, 17.1719)
Luminance	0.6802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DA4E #4E5DE9

analogous

#E98D4E #E9DA4E #AAE94E

triadic

#E9DA4E #4EE9DA #DA4EE9

tetradic

#E9DA4E #4EE98D #4E5DE9 #E94EAA

square

#E9DA4E #4EE98D #4E5DE9 #E94EAA

split-complementary

#E9DA4E #4EAAE9 #8D4EE9

monochromatic

#A89A15 #DECB1C #E9DA4E #F0E584 #F7F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9DA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#E9DA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DA4E

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DA4E	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9da4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 218, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.156 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e587',
    500: '#e9da4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9da4e;
$custom-light: #f4e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9da4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87579,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DA4E

secondary

#323DA9

accent

#1FDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DA4E

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

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