#E9D474#E9D474

#E9D474 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.119 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D474
RGB	rgb(233, 212, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -4.97, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 49.98, 95.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0151 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.119 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.3021, 65.6739, 26.0195)
Luminance	0.6567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D474 #7489E9

analogous

#E99974 #E9D474 #C3E974

triadic

#E9D474 #74E9D4 #D474E9

tetradic

#E9D474 #74E999 #7489E9 #E974C3

square

#E9D474 #74E999 #7489E9 #E974C3

split-complementary

#E9D474 #74C3E9 #9974E9

monochromatic

#C4A61F #E1C43F #E9D474 #F1E4A9 #FAF5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E9D474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#E9D474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D474

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D474	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)

#E5D06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 212, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.119 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e19e',
    500: '#e9d474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d474;
$custom-light: #f2e19e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86754,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D474

secondary

#4057C1

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D474

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

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