#E9DB52#E9DB52

#E9DB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.155 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB52
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -10.95, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 67.44, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.82% -0.036 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(87.82% 0.155 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.4612, 68.5982, 18.0370)
Luminance	0.6860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB52 #5260E9

analogous

#E99052 #E9DB52 #ACE952

triadic

#E9DB52 #52E9DB #DB52E9

tetradic

#E9DB52 #52E990 #5260E9 #E952AC

square

#E9DB52 #52E990 #5260E9 #E952AC

split-complementary

#E9DB52 #52ACE9 #9052E9

monochromatic

#AB9D16 #E1CF1D #E9DB52 #F0E688 #F7F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9DB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E9DB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB52

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB52	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.155 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e589',
    500: '#e9db52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db52;
$custom-light: #f3e589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.437,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87818,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB52

secondary

#333EAC

accent

#1FDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB52

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

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