#E9D273#E9D273

#E9D273 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.118 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D273
RGB	rgb(233, 210, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -4.04, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 49.75, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.0125 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.118 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.7474, 64.6571, 25.5492)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D273 #738AE9

analogous

#E99773 #E9D273 #C5E973

triadic

#E9D273 #73E9D2 #D273E9

tetradic

#E9D273 #73E997 #738AE9 #E973C5

square

#E9D273 #73E997 #738AE9 #E973C5

split-complementary

#E9D273 #73C5E9 #9773E9

monochromatic

#C3A31F #E1C13E #E9D273 #F1E3A8 #FAF4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E9D273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#E9D273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D273

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D273	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 210, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.118 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2df9d',
    500: '#e9d273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d273;
$custom-light: #f2df9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86336,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D273

secondary

#3F59C1

accent

#37D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D273

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

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