#E9D176#E9D176

#E9D176 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.115 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D176
RGB	rgb(233, 209, 118)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.09, -3.27, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.09, 47.98, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.01 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.115 95)
XYZ	xyz(59.6767, 64.2350, 26.3912)
Luminance	0.6423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D176 #768EE9

analogous

#E99876 #E9D176 #C8E976

triadic

#E9D176 #76E9D1 #D176E9

tetradic

#E9D176 #76E998 #768EE9 #E976C8

square

#E9D176 #76E998 #768EE9 #E976C8

split-complementary

#E9D176 #76C8E9 #9876E9

monochromatic

#C5A220 #E1BF41 #E9D176 #F1E3AB #FAF4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E9D176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#E9D176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D176

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D176	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CD6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 209, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.115 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2de9f',
    500: '#e9d176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d176;
$custom-light: #f2de9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86175,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.64233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D176

secondary

#425DC1

accent

#3AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D176

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

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