#E9DB4F#E9DB4F

#E9DB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; 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	#E9DB4F
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -11.12, 67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 68.62, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0368 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.157 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.3495, 68.5535, 17.4489)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB4F #4F5DE9

analogous

#E98E4F #E9DB4F #AAE94F

triadic

#E9DB4F #4FE9DB #DB4FE9

tetradic

#E9DB4F #4FE98E #4F5DE9 #E94FAA

square

#E9DB4F #4FE98E #4F5DE9 #E94FAA

split-complementary

#E9DB4F #4FAAE9 #8E4FE9

monochromatic

#A99B15 #DFCD1C #E9DB4F #F0E685 #F7F1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9DB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#E9DB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB4F

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB4F	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)

#EED43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.157 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e587',
    500: '#e9db4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db4f;
$custom-light: #f4e587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87793,
    "c": 0.15667,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB4F

secondary

#323DAA

accent

#1EDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB4F

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

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