#E9D370#E9D370

#E9D370 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.122 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D370
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 112)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -4.81, 51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 51.51, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.015 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.122 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8252, 65.0844, 24.7374)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D370 #7086E9

analogous

#E99770 #E9D370 #C2E970

triadic

#E9D370 #70E9D3 #D370E9

tetradic

#E9D370 #70E997 #7086E9 #E970C2

square

#E9D370 #70E997 #7086E9 #E970C2

split-complementary

#E9D370 #70C2E9 #9770E9

monochromatic

#C1A31E #E1C33B #E9D370 #F1E3A5 #F9F4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#E9D370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D370

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D370	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.122 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e09b',
    500: '#e9d370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d370;
$custom-light: #f2e09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86499,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D370

secondary

#3E55C0

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D370

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

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