#E9DC59#E9DC59

#E9DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.150 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC59
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -11.03, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 64.95, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0354 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.15 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.0029, 69.2336, 19.5993)
Luminance	0.6923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC59 #5966E9

analogous

#E99459 #E9DC59 #AEE959

triadic

#E9DC59 #59E9DC #DC59E9

tetradic

#E9DC59 #59E994 #5966E9 #E959AE

square

#E9DC59 #59E994 #5966E9 #E959AE

split-complementary

#E9DC59 #59AEE9 #9459E9

monochromatic

#B0A217 #E2D123 #E9DC59 #F0E78F #F7F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#E9DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC59

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC59	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.150 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e68d',
    500: '#e9dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc59;
$custom-light: #f3e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88086,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC59

secondary

#3541B1

accent

#1FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC59

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

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