#E9DC62#E9DC62

#E9DC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.143 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC62
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -10.43, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 61.12, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0327 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.143 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4042, 69.3941, 21.7128)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC62 #626FE9

analogous

#E99862 #E9DC62 #B3E962

triadic

#E9DC62 #62E9DC #DC62E9

tetradic

#E9DC62 #62E998 #626FE9 #E962B3

square

#E9DC62 #62E998 #626FE9 #E962B3

split-complementary

#E9DC62 #62B3E9 #9862E9

monochromatic

#B7A81A #E1D02C #E9DC62 #F1E898 #F8F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E9DC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC62

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC62	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.143 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e693',
    500: '#e9dc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc62;
$custom-light: #f3e693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88174,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC62

secondary

#3845B7

accent

#21D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC62

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

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