#E9DB4E#E9DB4E

#E9DB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.157 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB4E
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -11.18, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 69.01, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.037 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.157 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3134, 68.5391, 17.2586)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB4E #4E5CE9

analogous

#E98D4E #E9DB4E #A9E94E

triadic

#E9DB4E #4EE9DB #DB4EE9

tetradic

#E9DB4E #4EE98D #4E5CE9 #E94EA9

square

#E9DB4E #4EE98D #4E5CE9 #E94EA9

split-complementary

#E9DB4E #4EA9E9 #8D4EE9

monochromatic

#A89A15 #DECD1C #E9DB4E #F0E684 #F7F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9DB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E9DB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB4E

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB4E	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.157 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e587',
    500: '#e9db4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db4e;
$custom-light: #f4e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.581,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87785,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB4E

secondary

#323DA9

accent

#1EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB4E

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

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