#E9DC56#E9DC56

#E9DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.152 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC56
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -11.22, 65.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 66.18, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0363 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.152 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.8795, 69.1842, 18.9493)
Luminance	0.6918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC56 #5663E9

analogous

#E99356 #E9DC56 #ACE956

triadic

#E9DC56 #56E9DC #DC56E9

tetradic

#E9DC56 #56E993 #5663E9 #E956AC

square

#E9DC56 #56E993 #5663E9 #E956AC

split-complementary

#E9DC56 #56ACE9 #9356E9

monochromatic

#AEA117 #E2D120 #E9DC56 #F0E78C #F7F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E9DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC56

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC56	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.152 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e68b',
    500: '#e9dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc56;
$custom-light: #f3e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88059,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC56

secondary

#343FAF

accent

#1ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC56

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

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