#E9D169#E9D169

#E9D169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.127 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D169
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.94, -4.35, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.94, 54.07, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0145 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.127 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.9567, 63.9470, 22.5994)
Luminance	0.6394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D169 #6981E9

analogous

#E99169 #E9D169 #C1E969

triadic

#E9D169 #69E9D1 #D169E9

tetradic

#E9D169 #69E991 #6981E9 #E969C1

square

#E9D169 #69E991 #6981E9 #E969C1

split-complementary

#E9D169 #69C1E9 #9169E9

monochromatic

#BC9E1C #E1C134 #E9D169 #F1E19E #F9F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#E9D169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D169

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D169	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.127 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3de97',
    500: '#e9d169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d169;
$custom-light: #f3de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86008,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D169

secondary

#3B53BB

accent

#34D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D169

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

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