#E9DB5A#E9DB5A

#E9DB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB5A
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -10.47, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 64.17, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0337 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.7835, 68.7272, 19.7348)
Luminance	0.6873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB5A #5A68E9

analogous

#E9935A #E9DB5A #AFE95A

triadic

#E9DB5A #5AE9DB #DB5AE9

tetradic

#E9DB5A #5AE993 #5A68E9 #E95AAF

square

#E9DB5A #5AE993 #5A68E9 #E95AAF

split-complementary

#E9DB5A #5AAFE9 #935AE9

monochromatic

#B1A218 #E2CF24 #E9DB5A #F0E790 #F7F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E9DB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB5A

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB5A	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e58e',
    500: '#e9db5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db5a;
$custom-light: #f3e58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87889,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB5A

secondary

#3642B1

accent

#21D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB5A

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

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