#E9DB5E#E9DB5E

#E9DB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.145 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB5E
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -10.20, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 62.48, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0325 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.145 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.9584, 68.7971, 20.6557)
Luminance	0.6879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB5E #5E6CE9

analogous

#E9965E #E9DB5E #B2E95E

triadic

#E9DB5E #5EE9DB #DB5EE9

tetradic

#E9DB5E #5EE996 #5E6CE9 #E95EB2

square

#E9DB5E #5EE996 #5E6CE9 #E95EB2

split-complementary

#E9DB5E #5EB2E9 #965EE9

monochromatic

#B4A419 #E2CF28 #E9DB5E #F0E794 #F8F3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E9DB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB5E

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB5E	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.145 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e590',
    500: '#e9db5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db5e;
$custom-light: #f3e590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87928,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB5E

secondary

#3744B4

accent

#22D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB5E

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

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