#E9ED5D#E9ED5D
#E9ED5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.164 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9ED5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 237, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(62, 80%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(62, 61%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(91.09, -19.14, 67.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(91.09, 69.83, 105.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(91.66% -0.058 0.1532) |
| OKLCH | oklch(91.66% 0.164 110.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(65.8661, 78.6839, 22.0717) |
| Luminance | 0.7868 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Off Yellow
#F1F33F
ΔE00 3.36
Straw
#FCF679
ΔE00 3.71
Yellowish
#FAEE66
ΔE00 3.81
Butter Yellow
#FFFD74
ΔE00 3.86
Pastel Yellow
#FFFE71
ΔE00 3.89
Canary
#FDFF63
ΔE00 3.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9ED5D #615DED
analogous
#EDA95D #E9ED5D #A1ED5D
triadic
#E9ED5D #5DE9ED #ED5DE9
tetradic
#E9ED5D #5DEDA9 #615DED #ED5DA1
square
#E9ED5D #5DEDA9 #615DED #ED5DA1
split-complementary
#E9ED5D #5DA1ED #A95DED
monochromatic
#B6BB15 #E2E726 #E9ED5D #F0F394 #F8F9CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.25
#E9ED5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.74
#E9ED5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9ED5D
16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9ED5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9ED5D | 1.00 | 1.25 | 16.74 | 16.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FEE34B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#FFE766
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8DFCF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E5E5E5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9ed5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 237, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.164 110.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3f291',
500: '#e9ed5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9ed5d; $custom-light: #f3f291; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9ed5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 237,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 61.667,
"s": 80,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.9166,
"c": 0.16376,
"h": 110.7
},
"luminance": 0.78682
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9ED5D
secondary
#3834BA
accent
#09DC0F
background
#FFFFFC
surface
#FFFEF4
border
#D7D6CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85857F