#E9D166#E9D166

#E9D166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.130 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D166
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.91, -4.58, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.91, 55.44, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0155 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.13 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.8053, 63.8864, 21.8016)
Luminance	0.6388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D166 #667EE9

analogous

#E98F66 #E9D166 #BFE966

triadic

#E9D166 #66E9D1 #D166E9

tetradic

#E9D166 #66E98F #667EE9 #E966BF

square

#E9D166 #66E98F #667EE9 #E966BF

split-complementary

#E9D166 #66BFE9 #8F66E9

monochromatic

#BA9D1B #E1C130 #E9D166 #F1E19C #F8F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#E9D166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D166

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D166	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.130 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de95',
    500: '#e9d166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d166;
$custom-light: #f3de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85973,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D166

secondary

#3A51B9

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D166

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

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