#E9D472#E9D472

#E9D472 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.121 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D472
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -5.15, 50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 50.92, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0158 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.121 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.1870, 65.6279, 25.4134)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D472 #7287E9

analogous

#E99872 #E9D472 #C2E972

triadic

#E9D472 #72E9D4 #D472E9

tetradic

#E9D472 #72E998 #7287E9 #E972C2

square

#E9D472 #72E998 #7287E9 #E972C2

split-complementary

#E9D472 #72C2E9 #9872E9

monochromatic

#C2A51E #E1C43D #E9D472 #F1E4A7 #FAF4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E9D472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D472

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D472	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.121 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e19d',
    500: '#e9d472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d472;
$custom-light: #f2e19d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86727,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D472

secondary

#3E55C1

accent

#33D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D472

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →