#E9D36F#E9D36F

#E9D36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.123 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D36F
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 52.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -4.89, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 51.98, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0154 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.123 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7698, 65.0623, 24.4458)
Luminance	0.6506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D36F #6F85E9

analogous

#E9966F #E9D36F #C2E96F

triadic

#E9D36F #6FE9D3 #D36FE9

tetradic

#E9D36F #6FE996 #6F85E9 #E96FC2

square

#E9D36F #6FE996 #6F85E9 #E96FC2

split-complementary

#E9D36F #6FC2E9 #966FE9

monochromatic

#C0A31D #E1C33A #E9D36F #F1E3A4 #F9F3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#E9D36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D36F

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D36F	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.123 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e09b',
    500: '#e9d36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d36f;
$custom-light: #f2e09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86486,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D36F

secondary

#3D55BF

accent

#34D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D36F

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

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