#E9DE5B#E9DE5B

#E9DE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE5B
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 60.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.16, -11.90, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.16, 64.84, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.52% -0.0377 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(88.52% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6161, 70.3237, 20.2237)
Luminance	0.7032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE5B #5B66E9

analogous

#E9975B #E9DE5B #ADE95B

triadic

#E9DE5B #5BE9DE #DE5BE9

tetradic

#E9DE5B #5BE997 #5B66E9 #E95BAD

square

#E9DE5B #5BE997 #5B66E9 #E95BAD

split-complementary

#E9DE5B #5BADE9 #975BE9

monochromatic

#B2A618 #E2D325 #E9DE5B #F0E991 #F7F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#E9DE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE5B

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE5B	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e88f',
    500: '#e9de5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de5b;
$custom-light: #f3e88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88517,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE5B

secondary

#3640B2

accent

#1DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE5B

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

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