#E9D76A#E9D76A

#E9D76A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D76A
RGB	rgb(233, 215, 106)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -7.32, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 55.71, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.023 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.5083, 66.9675, 23.3716)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D76A #6A7CE9

analogous

#E9986A #E9D76A #BCE96A

triadic

#E9D76A #6AE9D7 #D76AE9

tetradic

#E9D76A #6AE998 #6A7CE9 #E96ABC

square

#E9D76A #6AE998 #6A7CE9 #E96ABC

split-complementary

#E9D76A #6ABCE9 #986AE9

monochromatic

#BDA61C #E1C935 #E9D76A #F1E59F #F9F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E9D76A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#E9D76A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D76A

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D76A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D76A	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d76a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e398',
    500: '#e9d76a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d76a;
$custom-light: #f3e398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d76a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87238,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D76A

secondary

#3B4EBC

accent

#2BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D76A

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

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