#E9D76C#E9D76C
#E9D76C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E9D76C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 215, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 74%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 53.6%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.51, -7.16, 54.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.51, 54.80, 97.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.26% -0.0223 0.1275) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.26% 0.129 99.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.6135, 67.0095, 23.9258) |
| Luminance | 0.6701 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.36
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 2.80
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.88
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.06
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 4.13
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E9D76C #6C7EE9
analogous
#E9996C #E9D76C #BDE96C
triadic
#E9D76C #6CE9D7 #D76CE9
tetradic
#E9D76C #6CE999 #6C7EE9 #E96CBD
square
#E9D76C #6CE999 #6C7EE9 #E96CBD
split-complementary
#E9D76C #6CBDE9 #996CE9
monochromatic
#BEA71C #E1C937 #E9D76C #F1E5A1 #F9F4D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#E9D76C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.40
#E9D76C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E9D76C
14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E9D76C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E9D76C | 1.00 | 1.46 | 14.40 | 14.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D262
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD971
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9CABF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e9d76c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 215, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.129 99.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2e399',
500: '#e9d76c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e9d76c; $custom-light: #f2e399; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e9d76c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 215,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.36,
"s": 73.964,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87262,
"c": 0.12942,
"h": 99.9
},
"luminance": 0.67007
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E9D76C
secondary
#3C4FBD
accent
#2CD60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#17150E
muted
#85847F