#E9D875#E9D875

#E9D875 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D875
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 117)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 49.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -6.92, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 50.98, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0206 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.3729, 67.7219, 26.6650)
Luminance	0.6772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D875 #7586E9

analogous

#E99E75 #E9D875 #C0E975

triadic

#E9D875 #75E9D8 #D875E9

tetradic

#E9D875 #75E99E #7586E9 #E975C0

square

#E9D875 #75E99E #7586E9 #E975C0

split-complementary

#E9D875 #75C0E9 #9E75E9

monochromatic

#C4AC1F #E1C940 #E9D875 #F1E7AA #FAF6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.54

#E9D875 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D875

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D875	1.00	1.44	14.54	14.54
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D36C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e39f',
    500: '#e9d875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d875;
$custom-light: #f2e39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87579,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D875

secondary

#4154C1

accent

#2ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D875

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →