#E9DD5A#E9DD5A

#E9DD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.150 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD5A
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 61.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -11.47, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 64.90, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0366 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.15 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3084, 69.7770, 19.9097)
Luminance	0.6977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD5A #5A66E9

analogous

#E9955A #E9DD5A #ADE95A

triadic

#E9DD5A #5AE9DD #DD5AE9

tetradic

#E9DD5A #5AE995 #5A66E9 #E95AAD

square

#E9DD5A #5AE995 #5A66E9 #E95AAD

split-complementary

#E9DD5A #5AADE9 #955AE9

monochromatic

#B1A418 #E2D224 #E9DD5A #F0E890 #F7F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E9DD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD5A

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD5A	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.150 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e78e',
    500: '#e9dd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd5a;
$custom-light: #f3e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88301,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD5A

secondary

#3640B1

accent

#1ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD5A

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

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