#E9DC5D#E9DC5D

#E9DC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.147 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC5D
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -10.77, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 63.27, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0343 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.147 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.1755, 69.3026, 20.5081)
Luminance	0.6930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC5D #5D6AE9

analogous

#E9965D #E9DC5D #B0E95D

triadic

#E9DC5D #5DE9DC #DC5DE9

tetradic

#E9DC5D #5DE996 #5D6AE9 #E95DB0

square

#E9DC5D #5DE996 #5D6AE9 #E95DB0

split-complementary

#E9DC5D #5DB0E9 #965DE9

monochromatic

#B3A518 #E2D027 #E9DC5D #F0E893 #F8F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E9DC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC5D

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC5D	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)

#EED54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.147 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e690',
    500: '#e9dc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc5d;
$custom-light: #f3e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88124,
    "c": 0.147,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC5D

secondary

#3742B3

accent

#20D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC5D

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

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