#E9DC4F#E9DC4F

#E9DC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.158 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC4F
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 66.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -11.62, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 68.97, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0382 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.158 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.6112, 69.0769, 17.5361)
Luminance	0.6907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC4F #4F5CE9

analogous

#E98F4F #E9DC4F #A9E94F

triadic

#E9DC4F #4FE9DC #DC4FE9

tetradic

#E9DC4F #4FE98F #4F5CE9 #E94FA9

square

#E9DC4F #4FE98F #4F5CE9 #E94FA9

split-complementary

#E9DC4F #4FA9E9 #8F4FE9

monochromatic

#A99C15 #DFCE1C #E9DC4F #F0E785 #F7F2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E9DC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC4F

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC4F	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.158 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e687',
    500: '#e9dc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc4f;
$custom-light: #f4e687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.935,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87999,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.69075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC4F

secondary

#323CAA

accent

#1DDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC4F

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

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