#E9DD4D#E9DD4D

#E9DD4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.160 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD4D
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 67%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.79, -12.23, 69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.79, 70.08, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0401 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.16 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8027, 69.5747, 17.2462)
Luminance	0.6957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD4D #4D59E9

analogous

#E98F4D #E9DD4D #A7E94D

triadic

#E9DD4D #4DE9DD #DD4DE9

tetradic

#E9DD4D #4DE98F #4D59E9 #E94DA7

square

#E9DD4D #4DE98F #4D59E9 #E94DA7

split-complementary

#E9DD4D #4DA7E9 #8F4DE9

monochromatic

#A79C15 #DDCF1B #E9DD4D #F0E783 #F6F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E9DD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD4D

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD4D	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.160 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e786',
    500: '#e9dd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd4d;
$custom-light: #f4e786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 78,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8819,
    "c": 0.15982,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD4D

secondary

#323BA9

accent

#1BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD4D

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

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