#E9DD60#E9DD60

#E9DD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.145 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD60
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -11.07, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 62.35, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0348 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.145 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.5742, 69.8833, 21.3094)
Luminance	0.6988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD60 #606CE9

analogous

#E99960 #E9DD60 #B0E960

triadic

#E9DD60 #60E9DD #DD60E9

tetradic

#E9DD60 #60E999 #606CE9 #E960B0

square

#E9DD60 #60E999 #606CE9 #E960B0

split-complementary

#E9DD60 #60B0E9 #9960E9

monochromatic

#B5A819 #E2D22A #E9DD60 #F0E896 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E9DD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD60

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD60	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.145 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e792',
    500: '#e9dd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd60;
$custom-light: #f3e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8836,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD60

secondary

#3843B5

accent

#1FD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD60

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

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