#E9D46D#E9D46D

#E9D46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.126 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D46D
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -5.56, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 53.26, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.0176 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.126 98)
XYZ	xyz(59.9101, 65.5171, 23.9554)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D46D #6D82E9

analogous

#E9966D #E9D46D #C0E96D

triadic

#E9D46D #6DE9D4 #D46DE9

tetradic

#E9D46D #6DE996 #6D82E9 #E96DC0

square

#E9D46D #6DE996 #6D82E9 #E96DC0

split-complementary

#E9D46D #6DC0E9 #966DE9

monochromatic

#BFA31D #E1C438 #E9D46D #F1E4A2 #F9F3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E9D46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D46D

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D46D	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CF63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.126 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e199',
    500: '#e9d46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d46d;
$custom-light: #f2e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86664,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.65515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D46D

secondary

#3C52BE

accent

#31D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D46D

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

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