#E9D366#E9D366

#E9D366 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.131 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D366
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.42, -5.60, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.42, 56.12, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0184 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.131 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.2990, 64.8740, 21.9662)
Luminance	0.6487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D366 #667CE9

analogous

#E99166 #E9D366 #BDE966

triadic

#E9D366 #66E9D3 #D366E9

tetradic

#E9D366 #66E991 #667CE9 #E966BD

square

#E9D366 #66E991 #667CE9 #E966BD

split-complementary

#E9D366 #66BDE9 #9166E9

monochromatic

#BA9F1B #E1C430 #E9D366 #F1E29C #F8F2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#E9D366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D366

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D366	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.131 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e095',
    500: '#e9d366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d366;
$custom-light: #f3e095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86378,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D366

secondary

#3A4FB9

accent

#30D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D366

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

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