#E9DB55#E9DB55

#E9DB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.152 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB55
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -10.78, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 66.24, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0352 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.152 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.5778, 68.6449, 18.6514)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB55 #5563E9

analogous

#E99155 #E9DB55 #ADE955

triadic

#E9DB55 #55E9DB #DB55E9

tetradic

#E9DB55 #55E991 #5563E9 #E955AD

square

#E9DB55 #55E991 #5563E9 #E955AD

split-complementary

#E9DB55 #55ADE9 #9155E9

monochromatic

#AD9F16 #E2D01F #E9DB55 #F0E68B #F7F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9DB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#E9DB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB55

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB55	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.152 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e58b',
    500: '#e9db55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db55;
$custom-light: #f3e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.324,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87844,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB55

secondary

#3440AE

accent

#20D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB55

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

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