#E9D269#E9D269

#E9D269 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D269
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -4.86, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 54.41, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.016 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.2028, 64.4393, 22.6814)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D269 #6980E9

analogous

#E99269 #E9D269 #C0E969

triadic

#E9D269 #69E9D2 #D269E9

tetradic

#E9D269 #69E992 #6980E9 #E969C0

square

#E9D269 #69E992 #6980E9 #E969C0

split-complementary

#E9D269 #69C0E9 #9269E9

monochromatic

#BC9F1C #E1C234 #E9D269 #F1E29E #F9F2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D269 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#E9D269 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D269

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D269	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D269	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d269;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3df97',
    500: '#e9d269',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d269;
$custom-light: #f3df97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d269",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8621,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D269

secondary

#3B52BB

accent

#33D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D269

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

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