#E9DC52#E9DC52

#E9DC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.155 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC52
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 64.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -11.45, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 67.79, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0374 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.155 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.7228, 69.1215, 18.1242)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC52 #525FE9

analogous

#E99052 #E9DC52 #ABE952

triadic

#E9DC52 #52E9DC #DC52E9

tetradic

#E9DC52 #52E990 #525FE9 #E952AB

square

#E9DC52 #52E990 #525FE9 #E952AB

split-complementary

#E9DC52 #52ABE9 #9052E9

monochromatic

#AB9E16 #E1D01D #E9DC52 #F0E788 #F7F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E9DC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC52

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC52	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)

#EFD540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.155 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e689',
    500: '#e9dc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc52;
$custom-light: #f3e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.834,
    "s": 77.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88024,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC52

secondary

#333EAC

accent

#1EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC52

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

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