#E9D266#E9D266

#E9D266 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D266
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -5.09, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 55.77, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.017 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.0514, 64.3787, 21.8836)
Luminance	0.6438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D266 #667DE9

analogous

#E99066 #E9D266 #BEE966

triadic

#E9D266 #66E9D2 #D266E9

tetradic

#E9D266 #66E990 #667DE9 #E966BE

square

#E9D266 #66E990 #667DE9 #E966BE

split-complementary

#E9D266 #66BEE9 #9066E9

monochromatic

#BA9E1B #E1C230 #E9D266 #F1E29C #F8F1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#E9D266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D266

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D266	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df95',
    500: '#e9d266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d266;
$custom-light: #f3df95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86175,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D266

secondary

#3A50B9

accent

#32D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D266

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

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