#E9DB4D#E9DB4D

#E9DB4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.158 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB4D
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -11.23, 68.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 69.40, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0373 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.158 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.2778, 68.5249, 17.0712)
Luminance	0.6852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB4D #4D5BE9

analogous

#E98D4D #E9DB4D #A9E94D

triadic

#E9DB4D #4DE9DB #DB4DE9

tetradic

#E9DB4D #4DE98D #4D5BE9 #E94DA9

square

#E9DB4D #4DE98D #4D5BE9 #E94DA9

split-complementary

#E9DB4D #4DA9E9 #8D4DE9

monochromatic

#A79A15 #DDCC1B #E9DB4D #F0E683 #F6F1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9DB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#E9DB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB4D

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB4D	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.158 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e586',
    500: '#e9db4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db4d;
$custom-light: #f4e586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87777,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB4D

secondary

#323CA9

accent

#1EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB4D

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

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