#E9DD5C#E9DD5C

#E9DD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.149 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9DD5C
RGBrgb(233, 221, 92)
HSLhsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.2%, 60.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.90, -11.34, 63.05)
CIE-LCHlch(86.90, 64.06, 100.19°)
OKLaboklab(88.32% -0.036 0.1443)
OKLCHoklch(88.32% 0.149 104)
XYZxyz(61.3947, 69.8115, 20.3641)
Luminance0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9DD5C #5C68E9
analogous
#E9965C #E9DD5C #AEE95C
triadic
#E9DD5C #5CE9DD #DD5CE9
tetradic
#E9DD5C #5CE996 #5C68E9 #E95CAE
square
#E9DD5C #5CE996 #5C68E9 #E95CAE
split-complementary
#E9DD5C #5CAEE9 #965CE9
monochromatic
#B3A518 #E2D226 #E9DD5C #F0E892 #F8F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40
#E9DD5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96
#E9DD5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD5C
14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9DD5C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9DD5C1.001.4014.9614.96
#FFFFFF1.401.0021.0021.00
#00000014.9621.001.001.00
##00000014.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD64D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F3DD63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9CFC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9dd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.149 104.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e78f',
    500: '#e9dd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9dd5c;
$custom-light: #f3e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9dd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 76.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8832,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.69809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9DD5C
secondary
#3641B3
accent
#1ED80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

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#E9DD5C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva