#E9D300

A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Gold.

About #E9D300

When working with digital screens, the color #E9D300 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Gold. Its digital footprint relies on 233 parts red, 211 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 9% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#E9D300
RGB233, 211, 0
HSL54.3°, 100.0%, 45.7%
CMYK0%, 9%, 100%, 9%
HSV54.3°, 100.0%, 91.4%
LAB83.9, -9.3, 84.1
XYZ56.9, 63.9, 9.3
Decimal15323904

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.52:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
13.78:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.46:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
11.72:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #E9D300; }
.text-color { color: #E9D300; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #E9D300; }

Similar Colors

Gold
#FFD700