#E9DB62#E9DB62

#E9DB62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.142 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB62
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -9.93, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 60.75, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0313 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.142 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.1425, 68.8708, 21.6256)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB62 #6270E9

analogous

#E99862 #E9DB62 #B3E962

triadic

#E9DB62 #62E9DB #DB62E9

tetradic

#E9DB62 #62E998 #6270E9 #E962B3

square

#E9DB62 #62E998 #6270E9 #E962B3

split-complementary

#E9DB62 #62B3E9 #9862E9

monochromatic

#B7A71A #E1CF2C #E9DB62 #F1E798 #F8F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E9DB62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB62

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB62	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.142 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e593',
    500: '#e9db62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db62;
$custom-light: #f3e593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87969,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB62

secondary

#3846B7

accent

#23D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB62

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

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