#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
RGBrgb(233, 220, 91)
HSLhsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.64, -10.90, 63.18)
CIE-LCHlch(86.64, 64.11, 99.79°)
OKLaboklab(88.11% -0.0349 0.1445)
OKLCHoklch(88.11% 0.149 103.6)
XYZxyz(61.0880, 69.2676, 20.0477)
Luminance0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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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
##E9DC5B1.001.4114.8514.85
#FFFFFF1.411.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8521.001.001.00
##00000014.8521.001.001.00

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

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#E9DC5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva