#E9DD59#E9DD59

#E9DD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.151 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD59
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -11.53, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 65.31, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0369 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.151 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.2661, 69.7600, 19.6871)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD59 #5965E9

analogous

#E99559 #E9DD59 #ADE959

triadic

#E9DD59 #59E9DD #DD59E9

tetradic

#E9DD59 #59E995 #5965E9 #E959AD

square

#E9DD59 #59E995 #5965E9 #E959AD

split-complementary

#E9DD59 #59ADE9 #9559E9

monochromatic

#B0A417 #E2D223 #E9DD59 #F0E88F #F7F3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E9DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD59

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD59	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.151 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e78d',
    500: '#e9dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd59;
$custom-light: #f3e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88292,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD59

secondary

#3540B1

accent

#1ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD59

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

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