#E9D667#E9D667
#E9D667 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D667 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 214, 103) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 75%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 55.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.20, -7.04, 56.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.20, 56.71, 97.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87% -0.0225 0.1312) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87% 0.133 99.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.1012, 66.3984, 22.4797) |
| Luminance | 0.6640 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.44
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.70
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.66
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.91
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.03
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D667 #677AE9
analogous
#E99567 #E9D667 #BBE967
triadic
#E9D667 #67E9D6 #D667E9
tetradic
#E9D667 #67E995 #677AE9 #E967BB
square
#E9D667 #67E995 #677AE9 #E967BB
split-complementary
#E9D667 #67BBE9 #9567E9
monochromatic
#BBA31B #E1C832 #E9D667 #F1E49C #F8F3D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.47
#E9D667 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.28
#E9D667 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D667
14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D667 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D667 | 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)
#E8D15C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD86C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9C9BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d667; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 214, 103); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.133 99.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3e296',
500: '#e9d667',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d667; $custom-light: #f3e296; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d667",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 214,
"b": 103
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.231,
"s": 74.713,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87,
"c": 0.13308,
"h": 99.7
},
"luminance": 0.66396
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D667
secondary
#3A4DBA
accent
#2CD70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F