#E9D271#E9D271

#E9D271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.120 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D271
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 51.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.28, -4.21, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.28, 50.69, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0132 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.12 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.6335, 64.6115, 24.9497)
Luminance	0.6461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D271 #7188E9

analogous

#E99671 #E9D271 #C4E971

triadic

#E9D271 #71E9D2 #D271E9

tetradic

#E9D271 #71E996 #7188E9 #E971C4

square

#E9D271 #71E996 #7188E9 #E971C4

split-complementary

#E9D271 #71C4E9 #9671E9

monochromatic

#C2A21E #E1C13C #E9D271 #F1E3A6 #F9F4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#E9D271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D271

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D271	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.120 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df9c',
    500: '#e9d271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d271;
$custom-light: #f2df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8631,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D271

secondary

#3E57C0

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D271

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

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