#E9DD5F#E9DD5F

#E9DD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD5F
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, -11.14, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 62.78, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0351 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5284, 69.8650, 21.0685)
Luminance	0.6986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD5F #5F6BE9

analogous

#E9985F #E9DD5F #B0E95F

triadic

#E9DD5F #5FE9DD #DD5FE9

tetradic

#E9DD5F #5FE998 #5F6BE9 #E95FB0

square

#E9DD5F #5FE998 #5F6BE9 #E95FB0

split-complementary

#E9DD5F #5FB0E9 #985FE9

monochromatic

#B5A719 #E2D229 #E9DD5F #F0E895 #F8F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#E9DD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD5F

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD5F	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)

#EFD651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e791',
    500: '#e9dd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd5f;
$custom-light: #f3e791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8835,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD5F

secondary

#3742B5

accent

#1FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD5F

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

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