#E9DD50#E9DD50

#E9DD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.158 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD50
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 65.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -12.06, 67.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 68.93, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0394 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.158 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9111, 69.6180, 17.8170)
Luminance	0.6962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD50 #505CE9

analogous

#E99150 #E9DD50 #A9E950

triadic

#E9DD50 #50E9DD #DD50E9

tetradic

#E9DD50 #50E991 #505CE9 #E950A9

square

#E9DD50 #50E991 #505CE9 #E950A9

split-complementary

#E9DD50 #50A9E9 #9150E9

monochromatic

#A99E15 #E0D01C #E9DD50 #F0E886 #F7F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E9DD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD50

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD50	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.158 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e788',
    500: '#e9dd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd50;
$custom-light: #f3e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 77.665,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88214,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD50

secondary

#323CAB

accent

#1CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD50

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

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