#E9DC65#E9DC65

#E9DC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC65
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 101)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -10.21, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 59.80, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0318 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5485, 69.4518, 22.4728)
Luminance	0.6945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC65 #6572E9

analogous

#E99A65 #E9DC65 #B4E965

triadic

#E9DC65 #65E9DC #DC65E9

tetradic

#E9DC65 #65E99A #6572E9 #E965B4

square

#E9DC65 #65E99A #6572E9 #E965B4

split-complementary

#E9DC65 #65B4E9 #9A65E9

monochromatic

#B9AA1A #E1D02F #E9DC65 #F1E89B #F8F4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E9DC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC65

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC65	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e695',
    500: '#e9dc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc65;
$custom-light: #f3e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88206,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC65

secondary

#3A46B9

accent

#22D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC65

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

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