#E9D080#E9D080

#E9D080 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.104 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D080
RGB	rgb(233, 208, 128)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 45.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -1.82, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 42.82, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0048 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.104 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.0582, 63.9963, 29.6068)
Luminance	0.6399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D080 #8099E9

analogous

#E99B80 #E9D080 #CEE980

triadic

#E9D080 #80E9D0 #D080E9

tetradic

#E9D080 #80E99B #8099E9 #E980CE

square

#E9D080 #80E99B #8099E9 #E980CE

split-complementary

#E9D080 #80CEE9 #9B80E9

monochromatic

#CBA323 #E0BD4C #E9D080 #F2E3B4 #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#E9D080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D080

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D080	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CD7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 208, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.104 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dea6',
    500: '#e9d080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d080;
$custom-light: #f2dea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86119,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D080

secondary

#4B67C2

accent

#41D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D080

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

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