#E9DF55#E9DF55

#E9DF55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.156 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DF55
RGB	rgb(233, 223, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.37, -12.77, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.37, 67.67, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.67% -0.0408 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(88.67% 0.156 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6339, 70.7571, 19.0034)
Luminance	0.7076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DF55 #555FE9

analogous

#E99555 #E9DF55 #A9E955

triadic

#E9DF55 #55E9DF #DF55E9

tetradic

#E9DF55 #55E995 #555FE9 #E955A9

square

#E9DF55 #55E995 #555FE9 #E955A9

split-complementary

#E9DF55 #55A9E9 #9555E9

monochromatic

#ADA316 #E2D51F #E9DF55 #F0E98B #F7F3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.15

#E9DF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DF55

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DF55	1.00	1.39	15.15	15.15
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9df55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 223, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.156 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e88b',
    500: '#e9df55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9df55;
$custom-light: #f3e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9df55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8867,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DF55

secondary

#343CAE

accent

#1AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DF55

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

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