#E9DE65#E9DE65

#E9DE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.705; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.142 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DE65
RGB	rgb(233, 222, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.25, -11.21, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.25, 60.55, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.62% -0.0346 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(88.62% 0.142 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0765, 70.5079, 22.6488)
Luminance	0.7051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DE65 #6570E9

analogous

#E99C65 #E9DE65 #B2E965

triadic

#E9DE65 #65E9DE #DE65E9

tetradic

#E9DE65 #65E99C #6570E9 #E965B2

square

#E9DE65 #65E99C #6570E9 #E965B2

split-complementary

#E9DE65 #65B2E9 #9C65E9

monochromatic

#B9AC1A #E1D32F #E9DE65 #F1E99B #F8F5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.10

#E9DE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DE65

15.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DE65	1.00	1.39	15.10	15.10
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DD6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9de65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 222, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.142 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e895',
    500: '#e9de65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9de65;
$custom-light: #f3e895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9de65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88618,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DE65

secondary

#3A44B9

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DE65

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

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