#E9DC4D#E9DC4D

#E9DC4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.159 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC4D
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -11.73, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 69.74, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0387 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.159 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5394, 69.0482, 17.1585)
Luminance	0.6905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC4D #4D5AE9

analogous

#E98E4D #E9DC4D #A8E94D

triadic

#E9DC4D #4DE9DC #DC4DE9

tetradic

#E9DC4D #4DE98E #4D5AE9 #E94DA8

square

#E9DC4D #4DE98E #4D5AE9 #E94DA8

split-complementary

#E9DC4D #4DA8E9 #8E4DE9

monochromatic

#A79B15 #DDCD1B #E9DC4D #F0E783 #F6F1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DC4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E9DC4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC4D

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC4D	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.159 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e686',
    500: '#e9dc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc4d;
$custom-light: #f4e686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87984,
    "c": 0.15893,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC4D

secondary

#323BA9

accent

#1CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC4D

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

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