#E9D868#E9D868

#E9D868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.134 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D868
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 104)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 55.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -7.98, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 56.98, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.42% -0.0251 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(87.42% 0.134 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.6609, 67.4372, 22.9154)
Luminance	0.6744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D868 #6879E9

analogous

#E99768 #E9D868 #B9E968

triadic

#E9D868 #68E9D8 #D868E9

tetradic

#E9D868 #68E997 #6879E9 #E968B9

square

#E9D868 #68E997 #6879E9 #E968B9

split-complementary

#E9D868 #68B9E9 #9768E9

monochromatic

#BBA61B #E1CA33 #E9D868 #F1E69D #F9F4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#E9D868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D868

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D868	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.134 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e396',
    500: '#e9d868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d868;
$custom-light: #f3e396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 74.566,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8742,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D868

secondary

#3B4BBB

accent

#29D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D868

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

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