#E9CD79#E9CD79

#E9CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.109 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9CD79
RGB	rgb(233, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -0.94, 45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 45.20, 91.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0029 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.109 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.8887, 62.3693, 27.0220)
Luminance	0.6237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9CD79 #7995E9

analogous

#E99579 #E9CD79 #CDE979

triadic

#E9CD79 #79E9CD #CD79E9

tetradic

#E9CD79 #79E995 #7995E9 #E979CD

square

#E9CD79 #79E995 #7995E9 #E979CD

split-complementary

#E9CD79 #79CDE9 #9579E9

monochromatic

#C79D21 #E0B944 #E9CD79 #F2E1AE #FAF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E9CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#E9CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9CD79

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9CD79	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.109 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dca1',
    500: '#e9cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9cd79;
$custom-light: #f2dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85414,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9CD79

secondary

#4564C1

accent

#42D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9CD79

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

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