Confetti#E9D75A, a warm brilliant lemon

At a glanceConfetti is #E9D75A, oklch(87.1% 0.145 101.1), a warm brilliant lemon. Match it with a cool vivid blue #3D75D8 as an accent, a warm medium orange #D47B4A for harmony, and a warm faint gold #E0DFD1 as a neutral. Put it to work as a brand or accent color, and it takes black text at AA contrast and prints exactly on coated presses.
Color codes

Confetti in RGB, HSL, OKLCH & more

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:root { /* how your code speaks it */ /* how your eyes measure it */ /* how the lab measures it, D65 2° */}/* tailwind v4 */

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Color family

What kind of yellow is Confetti?

Every color has a place in the standard vocabulary. This is Confetti's, measured rather than asserted.

Confetti's Munsell numbers: hue 7.1Y, value 8.5 (how light), chroma 8.5 (how vivid). That places it in ISCC-NBS block brilliant greenish yellow, one of 267 named ranges the standard sorts every color into. Chroma 8.5 is moderate. Clearly colored, but not so saturated it fights the colors around it.

It reaches 76% of the way to the edge of your screen's gamut (the palette a screen can actually show) for this hue. Strong, with some headroom left before the screen runs out.

Munsell coordinates and block from the ISCC-NBS system, computed by Rhapsody's own renotation inversion.

Tints & shades

Shades of Confetti, lighter and darker

For hover states, washed backgrounds, and dark surfaces that still read as #E9D75A. 13 steps, spaced evenly by eye, with the color itself sitting at its natural depth, confetti-300.

Tints (light surfaces; dark text passes on every one)

Midtones (the color at full strength, for brand & accent work)

Shades (dark surfaces; light text passes on every one)

Rhapsody Palette

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Accessibility

Is Confetti accessible? Contrast with white & black

Strong contrast makes your work readable by everyone, and meets the WCAG standard accessibility law points at. AA is the floor; AAA is the tier worth aiming for in body text. Black text on #E9D75A clears WCAG AAA. Every strip below is one surface, and the marks are the steps that reach AAA on it.

Rows are text, columns are background · 70 of 210 pairings reach WCAG 2.2 AAA, shown here.

Rhapsody Palette

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Run #E9D75A against the colors you actually ship, every pairing and any target, and export it: exact ratios, the AA tier, APCA, in one file.

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The audit on the right was calibrated from #E9D75A, like this whole page.

Print

Confetti in CMYK: one value for files, one per press

Every held press standard prints this color exactly as it is.

In CMYK, #E9D75A is . That is the value design tools and file formats use when no press is involved.

On press (what each standard prints)

CGATS21 CRPC1 (coldset news) within tolerance
on screenon press

shifts ΔE00 2.1, under the 2.5 a press run varies by

GRACoL 2013 Uncoated (CRPC3) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

GRACoL 2013 (CRPC6) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

PSO Coated v3 (FOGRA51) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Coated FOGRA39 prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Japan Color 2011 Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

APTEC Flexo Coated prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

CGATS21 CRPC7 (extended gamut) prints exactly
on screenon press

in gamut · no shift

Press values computed through the ICC characterization data each standard proofs against. Each CMYK held to prints the color exactly.

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The Confettis

Colors similar to Confetti

Here are other colors similar to Confetti along with accessible text pairings and whether or not they're print-safe. Explore The Lemons

Dull YellowDull Yellow#EEDC5Bblack text · AAA✓ prints exactly
WattleWattle#DCD747black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
PorticaPortica#F9E663black text · AAA✓ prints exactly
FestivalFestival#FBE96Cblack text · AAA✓ prints exactly
ManzManz#EEEF78black text · AAA! within tolerance
Yellowish TanYellowish Tan#FCFC81black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Butter YellowButter Yellow#FFFD74black text · AAAlighter than the paper
CustardCustard#FFFD78black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Pastel YellowPastel Yellow#FFFE71black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Faded YellowFaded Yellow#FEFF7Fblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
BananaBanana#FFFF7Eblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
ButterButter#FFFF81black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Pale YellowPale Yellow#FFFF84black text · AAAlighter than the paper
CanaryCanary#FDFF63black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Banana YellowBanana Yellow#FAFE4Bblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Laser LemonLaser Lemon#FFFF66black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Sunshine YellowSunshine Yellow#FFFD37black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Canary YellowCanary Yellow#FFFE40black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Lemon YellowLemon Yellow#FDFF38black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Bright YellowBright Yellow#FFFD01black text · AAAlighter than the paper
PearPear#F1FF00black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Corn FieldCorn Field#F8FACDblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Lemon ChiffonLemon Chiffon#FFFACDblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
PalePale#FFF9D0black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Light Goldenrod YellowLight Goldenrod Yellow#FAFAD2black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Baja WhiteBaja White#FFF8D1black text · AAAlighter than the paper
Scotch MistScotch Mist#FFFBDCblack text · AAAlighter than the paper
Pairings

Colors that go with Confetti

The complementary color, straight across the wheel, is a cool vivid indigo #4147D0. Rhapsody's pick is the split complement, just to one side of it, a livelier pair.

The accent is for the moments that need attention, the harmony for the ones that need calm; the neutral carries the text and surfaces in between.

Downloads

Take Confetti with you

The work on this page doesn't stay here. Save a card and the color arrives in your file, your deck or your board already decided.

Confetti color codes: hex #E9D75A, RGB, HSL, CMYK, and OKLCH, from Rhapsody
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The full tonal scale of Confetti, 13 steps from light to dark with every hex, from Rhapsody
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Confetti paired with a cool vivid blue #3D75D8, a warm medium orange #D47B4A, a warm faint gold #E0DFD1: hex values and roles, from Rhapsody
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