#E9DE60#E9DE60

#E9DE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE60
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -11.57, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 62.73, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0362 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8390, 70.4129, 21.3977)
Luminance	0.7041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE60 #606BE9

analogous

#E99960 #E9DE60 #B0E960

triadic

#E9DE60 #60E9DE #DE60E9

tetradic

#E9DE60 #60E999 #606BE9 #E960B0

square

#E9DE60 #60E999 #606BE9 #E960B0

split-complementary

#E9DE60 #60B0E9 #9960E9

monochromatic

#B5A919 #E2D32A #E9DE60 #F0E996 #F8F4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#E9DE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE60

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE60	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)

#F0D752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e892',
    500: '#e9de60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de60;
$custom-light: #f3e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88566,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE60

secondary

#3842B5

accent

#1ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE60

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

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