#E9D87F#E9D87F

#E9D87F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.112 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D87F
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 127)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 45.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -6.00, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 46.20, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.017 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.112 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9925, 67.9698, 29.9285)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D87F #7F90E9

analogous

#E9A37F #E9D87F #C5E97F

triadic

#E9D87F #7FE9D8 #D87FE9

tetradic

#E9D87F #7FE9A3 #7F90E9 #E97FC5

square

#E9D87F #7FE9A3 #7F90E9 #E97FC5

split-complementary

#E9D87F #7FC5E9 #A37FE9

monochromatic

#CBB023 #E0C84B #E9D87F #F2E8B3 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#E9D87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D87F

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D87F	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDA83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.112 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e3a5',
    500: '#e9d87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d87f;
$custom-light: #f2e3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87718,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D87F

secondary

#4A5DC2

accent

#32D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D87F

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

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