#E9DE5F#E9DE5F

#E9DE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.147 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE5F
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -11.64, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 63.15, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0365 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.147 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.7932, 70.3946, 21.1568)
Luminance	0.7039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE5F #5F6AE9

analogous

#E9995F #E9DE5F #AFE95F

triadic

#E9DE5F #5FE9DE #DE5FE9

tetradic

#E9DE5F #5FE999 #5F6AE9 #E95FAF

square

#E9DE5F #5FE999 #5F6AE9 #E95FAF

split-complementary

#E9DE5F #5FAFE9 #995FE9

monochromatic

#B5A819 #E2D329 #E9DE5F #F0E995 #F8F4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#E9DE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE5F

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE5F	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.147 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e891',
    500: '#e9de5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de5f;
$custom-light: #f3e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88556,
    "c": 0.14724,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE5F

secondary

#3741B5

accent

#1ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE5F

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

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