#E9DC5F#E9DC5F

#E9DC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.145 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC5F
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -10.64, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 62.41, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0337 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.145 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.2652, 69.3385, 20.9808)
Luminance	0.6934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC5F #5F6CE9

analogous

#E9975F #E9DC5F #B1E95F

triadic

#E9DC5F #5FE9DC #DC5FE9

tetradic

#E9DC5F #5FE997 #5F6CE9 #E95FB1

square

#E9DC5F #5FE997 #5F6CE9 #E95FB1

split-complementary

#E9DC5F #5FB1E9 #975FE9

monochromatic

#B5A619 #E2D029 #E9DC5F #F0E895 #F8F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E9DC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC5F

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC5F	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.145 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e691',
    500: '#e9dc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc5f;
$custom-light: #f3e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88144,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC5F

secondary

#3743B5

accent

#21D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC5F

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

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