#E9DC51#E9DC51

#E9DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.156 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC51
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -11.51, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 68.19, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0377 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.156 104)
XYZ	xyz(60.6850, 69.1064, 17.9253)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC51 #515EE9

analogous

#E99051 #E9DC51 #AAE951

triadic

#E9DC51 #51E9DC #DC51E9

tetradic

#E9DC51 #51E990 #515EE9 #E951AA

square

#E9DC51 #51E990 #515EE9 #E951AA

split-complementary

#E9DC51 #51AAE9 #9051E9

monochromatic

#AA9D16 #E0D01C #E9DC51 #F0E787 #F7F2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E9DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC51

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC51	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)

#EFD53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.156 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e689',
    500: '#e9dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc51;
$custom-light: #f3e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.868,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88016,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.69104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC51

secondary

#333DAB

accent

#1DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC51

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

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