#E9DE5E#E9DE5E

#E9DE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.148 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE5E
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -11.70, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 63.58, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.0368 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.148 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.7481, 70.3765, 20.9189)
Luminance	0.7037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE5E #5E69E9

analogous

#E9995E #E9DE5E #AFE95E

triadic

#E9DE5E #5EE9DE #DE5EE9

tetradic

#E9DE5E #5EE999 #5E69E9 #E95EAF

square

#E9DE5E #5EE999 #5E69E9 #E95EAF

split-complementary

#E9DE5E #5EAFE9 #995EE9

monochromatic

#B4A819 #E2D328 #E9DE5E #F0E994 #F8F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#E9DE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE5E

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE5E	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.148 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e890',
    500: '#e9de5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de5e;
$custom-light: #f3e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.252,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88546,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE5E

secondary

#3741B4

accent

#1DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE5E

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

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