#E9DD62#E9DD62

#E9DD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.144 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD62
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.96, -10.93, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.96, 61.49, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0342 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.144 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.6674, 69.9206, 21.8006)
Luminance	0.6992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD62 #626EE9

analogous

#E99A62 #E9DD62 #B1E962

triadic

#E9DD62 #62E9DD #DD62E9

tetradic

#E9DD62 #62E99A #626EE9 #E962B1

square

#E9DD62 #62E99A #626EE9 #E962B1

split-complementary

#E9DD62 #62B1E9 #9A62E9

monochromatic

#B7A91A #E1D12C #E9DD62 #F1E998 #F8F4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#E9DD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD62

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD62	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)

#EFD655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.144 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e793',
    500: '#e9dd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd62;
$custom-light: #f3e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8838,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD62

secondary

#3844B7

accent

#20D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD62

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

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