#E9DE62#E9DE62

#E9DE62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.145 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE62
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.22, -11.43, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.22, 61.86, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(88.59% -0.0356 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(88.59% 0.145 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.9322, 70.4502, 21.8888)
Luminance	0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE62 #626DE9

analogous

#E99A62 #E9DE62 #B1E962

triadic

#E9DE62 #62E9DE #DE62E9

tetradic

#E9DE62 #62E99A #626DE9 #E962B1

square

#E9DE62 #62E99A #626DE9 #E962B1

split-complementary

#E9DE62 #62B1E9 #9A62E9

monochromatic

#B7AA1A #E1D32C #E9DE62 #F1E998 #F8F5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#E9DE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE62

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE62	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.145 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e893',
    500: '#e9de62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de62;
$custom-light: #f3e893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88586,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE62

secondary

#3843B7

accent

#1ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE62

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

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