#E9D372#E9D372

#E9D372 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.120 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D372
RGB	rgb(233, 211, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -4.64, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 50.57, 95.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0143 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.12 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.9378, 65.1295, 25.3304)
Luminance	0.6513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D372 #7288E9

analogous

#E99872 #E9D372 #C3E972

triadic

#E9D372 #72E9D3 #D372E9

tetradic

#E9D372 #72E998 #7288E9 #E972C3

square

#E9D372 #72E998 #7288E9 #E972C3

split-complementary

#E9D372 #72C3E9 #9872E9

monochromatic

#C2A41E #E1C23D #E9D372 #F1E4A7 #FAF4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E9D372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#E9D372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D372

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D372	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C6BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 211, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.120 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e09d',
    500: '#e9d372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d372;
$custom-light: #f2e09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86525,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D372

secondary

#3E57C1

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D372

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

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