#E9DC5C#E9DC5C

#E9DC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.148 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC5C
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -10.84, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 63.69, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.11% -0.0346 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(88.11% 0.148 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.1315, 69.2850, 20.2764)
Luminance	0.6928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC5C #5C69E9

analogous

#E9955C #E9DC5C #AFE95C

triadic

#E9DC5C #5CE9DC #DC5CE9

tetradic

#E9DC5C #5CE995 #5C69E9 #E95CAF

square

#E9DC5C #5CE995 #5C69E9 #E95CAF

split-complementary

#E9DC5C #5CAFE9 #955CE9

monochromatic

#B3A418 #E2D026 #E9DC5C #F0E892 #F8F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E9DC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC5C

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC5C	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.148 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e68f',
    500: '#e9dc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc5c;
$custom-light: #f3e68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88114,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC5C

secondary

#3642B3

accent

#20D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC5C

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

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