#E9DC49#E9DC49

#E9DC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.162 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC49
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -11.94, 70.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 71.24, 99.65°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0397 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.162 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.4025, 68.9934, 16.4374)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC49 #4956E9

analogous

#E98C49 #E9DC49 #A6E949

triadic

#E9DC49 #49E9DC #DC49E9

tetradic

#E9DC49 #49E98C #4956E9 #E949A6

square

#E9DC49 #49E98C #4956E9 #E949A6

split-complementary

#E9DC49 #49A6E9 #8C49E9

monochromatic

#A49814 #DACB1A #E9DC49 #F0E680 #F6F1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#E9DC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC49

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC49	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.162 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e684',
    500: '#e9dc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc49;
$custom-light: #f4e684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.125,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87953,
    "c": 0.16159,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC49

secondary

#303AA6

accent

#43F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFCF2

border

#D7D5CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC49

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

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