#E9D86E#E9D86E

#E9D86E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D86E
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -7.51, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 54.24, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.023 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.9766, 67.5634, 24.5779)
Luminance	0.6756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D86E #6E7FE9

analogous

#E99A6E #E9D86E #BDE96E

triadic

#E9D86E #6EE9D8 #D86EE9

tetradic

#E9D86E #6EE99A #6E7FE9 #E96EBD

square

#E9D86E #6EE99A #6E7FE9 #E96EBD

split-complementary

#E9D86E #6EBDE9 #9A6EE9

monochromatic

#C0A91D #E1CA39 #E9D86E #F1E6A3 #F9F5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#E9D86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#E9D86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D86E

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D86E	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e39a',
    500: '#e9d86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d86e;
$custom-light: #f2e39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8749,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D86E

secondary

#3D4FBE

accent

#2BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D86E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →