#E9D86C#E9D86C

#E9D86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D86C
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 108)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -7.67, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 55.16, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0237 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.8689, 67.5204, 24.0109)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D86C #6C7DE9

analogous

#E99A6C #E9D86C #BCE96C

triadic

#E9D86C #6CE9D8 #D86CE9

tetradic

#E9D86C #6CE99A #6C7DE9 #E96CBC

square

#E9D86C #6CE99A #6C7DE9 #E96CBC

split-complementary

#E9D86C #6CBCE9 #9A6CE9

monochromatic

#BEA81C #E1CA37 #E9D86C #F1E6A1 #F9F4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#E9D86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D86C

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D86C	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)

#E9D362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e399',
    500: '#e9d86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d86c;
$custom-light: #f2e399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87466,
    "c": 0.13032,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D86C

secondary

#3C4EBD

accent

#2AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D86C

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

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