#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
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -11.20, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 63.21, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0354 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.147 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4833, 69.8469, 20.8306)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E9DD5E	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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