#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
RGBrgb(233, 222, 98)
HSLhsl(55, 75%, 65%)
HSVhsv(55, 58%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.7%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.22, -11.43, 60.80)
CIE-LCHlch(87.22, 61.86, 100.65°)
OKLaboklab(88.59% -0.0356 0.1403)
OKLCHoklch(88.59% 0.145 104.2)
XYZxyz(61.9322, 70.4502, 21.8888)
Luminance0.7045 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E9DE621.001.3915.0915.09
#FFFFFF1.391.0021.0021.00
#00000015.0921.001.001.00
##00000015.0921.001.001.00

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

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#E9DE62 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva