#E9D86A#E9D86A

#E9D86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D86A
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -7.83, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 56.08, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.44% -0.0244 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(87.44% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.7637, 67.4783, 23.4567)
Luminance	0.6748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D86A #6A7BE9

analogous

#E9996A #E9D86A #BAE96A

triadic

#E9D86A #6AE9D8 #D86AE9

tetradic

#E9D86A #6AE999 #6A7BE9 #E96ABA

square

#E9D86A #6AE999 #6A7BE9 #E96ABA

split-complementary

#E9D86A #6ABAE9 #996AE9

monochromatic

#BDA71C #E1CA35 #E9D86A #F1E69F #F9F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E9D86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D86A

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D86A	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e398',
    500: '#e9d86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d86a;
$custom-light: #f2e398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87443,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D86A

secondary

#3B4DBC

accent

#2AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D86A

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

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