#E9DE4E#E9DE4E

#E9DE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.160 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE4E
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.06, -12.67, 68.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.06, 70.05, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0413 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.16 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.1031, 70.1185, 17.5219)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE4E #4E59E9

analogous

#E9904E #E9DE4E #A6E94E

triadic

#E9DE4E #4EE9DE #DE4EE9

tetradic

#E9DE4E #4EE990 #4E59E9 #E94EA6

square

#E9DE4E #4EE990 #4E59E9 #E94EA6

split-complementary

#E9DE4E #4EA6E9 #904EE9

monochromatic

#A89D15 #DED01C #E9DE4E #F0E884 #F7F2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E9DE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE4E

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE4E	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.160 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e887',
    500: '#e9de4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de4e;
$custom-light: #f4e887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.742,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88405,
    "c": 0.16003,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE4E

secondary

#323AA9

accent

#1ADA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE4E

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

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