#E9DD5B#E9DD5B

#E9DD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.150 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD5B
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -11.40, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 64.48, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0363 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.15 104)
XYZ	xyz(61.3513, 69.7941, 20.1354)
Luminance	0.6979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD5B #5B67E9

analogous

#E9965B #E9DD5B #AEE95B

triadic

#E9DD5B #5BE9DD #DD5BE9

tetradic

#E9DD5B #5BE996 #5B67E9 #E95BAE

square

#E9DD5B #5BE996 #5B67E9 #E95BAE

split-complementary

#E9DD5B #5BAEE9 #965BE9

monochromatic

#B2A518 #E2D225 #E9DD5B #F0E891 #F7F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E9DD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD5B

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD5B	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)

#EFD64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.150 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e78f',
    500: '#e9dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd5b;
$custom-light: #f3e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88311,
    "c": 0.14953,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.69792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD5B

secondary

#3641B2

accent

#1ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD5B

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

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