#E9D170#E9D170

#E9D170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.121 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D170
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.02, -3.79, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.02, 50.82, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.1% -0.0121 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(86.1% 0.121 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.3314, 64.0969, 24.5728)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D170 #7088E9

analogous

#E99470 #E9D170 #C5E970

triadic

#E9D170 #70E9D1 #D170E9

tetradic

#E9D170 #70E994 #7088E9 #E970C5

square

#E9D170 #70E994 #7088E9 #E970C5

split-complementary

#E9D170 #70C5E9 #9470E9

monochromatic

#C1A11E #E1C03B #E9D170 #F1E2A5 #F9F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#E9D170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D170

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D170	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.121 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de9b',
    500: '#e9d170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d170;
$custom-light: #f2de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86095,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D170

secondary

#3E57C0

accent

#37D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D170

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

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