#E9DB5B#E9DB5B

#E9DB5B 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	#E9DB5B
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.38, -10.40, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.38, 63.75, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0334 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.8264, 68.7443, 19.9604)
Luminance	0.6874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB5B #5B69E9

analogous

#E9945B #E9DB5B #B0E95B

triadic

#E9DB5B #5BE9DB #DB5BE9

tetradic

#E9DB5B #5BE994 #5B69E9 #E95BB0

square

#E9DB5B #5BE994 #5B69E9 #E95BB0

split-complementary

#E9DB5B #5BB0E9 #945BE9

monochromatic

#B2A318 #E2CF25 #E9DB5B #F0E791 #F7F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#E9DB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB5B

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB5B	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)

#EDD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e58e',
    500: '#e9db5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db5b;
$custom-light: #f3e58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87899,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB5B

secondary

#3642B2

accent

#21D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB5B

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

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