#E9DC5B#E9DC5B

#E9DC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.149 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC5B
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -10.90, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 64.11, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0349 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.149 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0880, 69.2676, 20.0477)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC5B #5B68E9

analogous

#E9955B #E9DC5B #AFE95B

triadic

#E9DC5B #5BE9DC #DC5BE9

tetradic

#E9DC5B #5BE995 #5B68E9 #E95BAF

square

#E9DC5B #5BE995 #5B68E9 #E95BAF

split-complementary

#E9DC5B #5BAFE9 #955BE9

monochromatic

#B2A418 #E2D025 #E9DC5B #F0E891 #F7F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#E9DC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC5B

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC5B	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)

#EED54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.149 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e68e',
    500: '#e9dc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc5b;
$custom-light: #f3e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88105,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC5B

secondary

#3641B2

accent

#20D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC5B

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

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