#E9D866#E9D866

#E9D866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D866
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -8.13, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 57.88, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0257 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.5605, 67.3970, 22.3867)
Luminance	0.6740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D866 #6677E9

analogous

#E99666 #E9D866 #B8E966

triadic

#E9D866 #66E9D8 #D866E9

tetradic

#E9D866 #66E996 #6677E9 #E966B8

square

#E9D866 #66E996 #6677E9 #E966B8

split-complementary

#E9D866 #66B8E9 #9666E9

monochromatic

#BAA51B #E1CA30 #E9D866 #F1E69C #F8F3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#E9D866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D866

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D866	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD96C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e395',
    500: '#e9d866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d866;
$custom-light: #f3e395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87397,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D866

secondary

#3A4AB9

accent

#29D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D866

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

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