#E9DD5E#E9DD5E

#E9DD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.147 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E9DD5E
RGBrgb(233, 221, 94)
HSLhsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(55, 60%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(86.92, -11.20, 62.21)
CIE-LCHlch(86.92, 63.21, 100.21°)
OKLaboklab(88.34% -0.0354 0.1428)
OKLCHoklch(88.34% 0.147 103.9)
XYZxyz(61.4833, 69.8469, 20.8306)
Luminance0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E9DD5E #5E6AE9
analogous
#E9985E #E9DD5E #B0E95E
triadic
#E9DD5E #5EE9DD #DD5EE9
tetradic
#E9DD5E #5EE998 #5E6AE9 #E95EB0
square
#E9DD5E #5EE998 #5E6AE9 #E95EB0
split-complementary
#E9DD5E #5EB0E9 #985EE9
monochromatic
#B4A719 #E2D228 #E9DD5E #F0E894 #F8F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40
#E9DD5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97
#E9DD5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD5E
14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E9DD5E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E9DD5E1.001.4014.9714.97
#FFFFFF1.401.0021.0021.00
#00000014.9721.001.001.00
##00000014.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD650
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F3DD65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9CFC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e9dd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.147 103.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e790',
    500: '#e9dd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e9dd5e;
$custom-light: #f3e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e9dd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8834,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E9DD5E
secondary
#3742B4
accent
#1FD80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD5E

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#E9DD5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva