#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
RGBrgb(233, 220, 73)
HSLhsl(55, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(55, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.50, -11.94, 70.23)
CIE-LCHlch(86.50, 71.24, 99.65°)
OKLaboklab(87.95% -0.0397 0.1566)
OKLCHoklch(87.95% 0.162 104.2)
XYZxyz(60.4025, 68.9934, 16.4374)
Luminance0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E9DC491.001.4214.8014.80
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8021.001.001.00
##00000014.8021.001.001.00

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

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#E9DC49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva