#E9D666#E9D666

#E9D666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D666
RGB	rgb(233, 214, 102)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -7.12, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 57.17, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.0228 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.0513, 66.3785, 22.2169)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D666 #6679E9

analogous

#E99466 #E9D666 #BAE966

triadic

#E9D666 #66E9D6 #D666E9

tetradic

#E9D666 #66E994 #6679E9 #E966BA

square

#E9D666 #66E994 #6679E9 #E966BA

split-complementary

#E9D666 #66BAE9 #9466E9

monochromatic

#BAA31B #E1C830 #E9D666 #F1E49C #F8F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E9D666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#E9D666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D666

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D666	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD86B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9C9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e295',
    500: '#e9d666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d666;
$custom-light: #f3e295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86989,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D666

secondary

#3A4CB9

accent

#2CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D666

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

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