#E9DF5D#E9DF5D

#E9DF5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DF5D
RGB	rgb(233, 223, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 60.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -12.27, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 64.38, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0385 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9699, 70.8914, 20.7729)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DF5D #5D67E9

analogous

#E9995D #E9DF5D #ADE95D

triadic

#E9DF5D #5DE9DF #DF5DE9

tetradic

#E9DF5D #5DE999 #5D67E9 #E95DAD

square

#E9DF5D #5DE999 #5D67E9 #E95DAD

split-complementary

#E9DF5D #5DADE9 #995DE9

monochromatic

#B3A818 #E2D427 #E9DF5D #F0EA93 #F8F4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9DF5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E9DF5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DF5D

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DF5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DF5D	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9df5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 223, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e890',
    500: '#e9df5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9df5d;
$custom-light: #f3e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9df5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 76.087,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88743,
    "c": 0.1498,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DF5D

secondary

#3740B3

accent

#1CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DF5D

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

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