#E9DF5E#E9DF5E

#E9DF5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DF5E
RGB	rgb(233, 223, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 59.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -12.20, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 63.95, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0382 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.0145, 70.9093, 21.0077)
Luminance	0.7091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DF5E #5E68E9

analogous

#E9995E #E9DF5E #AEE95E

triadic

#E9DF5E #5EE9DF #DF5EE9

tetradic

#E9DF5E #5EE999 #5E68E9 #E95EAE

square

#E9DF5E #5EE999 #5E68E9 #E95EAE

split-complementary

#E9DF5E #5EAEE9 #995EE9

monochromatic

#B4A919 #E2D428 #E9DF5E #F0EA94 #F8F4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#E9DF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#E9DF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DF5E

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DF5E	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)

#F1D84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9df5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 223, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e890',
    500: '#e9df5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9df5e;
$custom-light: #f3e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9df5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88753,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DF5E

secondary

#3740B4

accent

#1CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DF5E

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

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