#E9D8A2#E9D8A2

#E9D8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.072 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D8A2
RGB	rgb(233, 216, 162)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(46, 30%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 30.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -2.13, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 28.88, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(88.32% -0.0034 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(88.32% 0.072 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6824, 69.0458, 44.0953)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D8A2 #A2B3E9

analogous

#E9B5A2 #E9D8A2 #D6E9A2

triadic

#E9D8A2 #A2E9D8 #D8A2E9

tetradic

#E9D8A2 #A2E9B5 #A2B3E9 #E9A2D6

square

#E9D8A2 #A2E9B5 #A2B3E9 #E9A2D6

split-complementary

#E9D8A2 #A2D6E9 #B5A2E9

monochromatic

#D2AE3F #DDC371 #E9D8A2 #F5EDD3 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9D8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E9D8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D8A2

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D8A2	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D69E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8DBA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 216, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.072 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e3be',
    500: '#e9d8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d8a2;
$custom-light: #f1e3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88315,
    "c": 0.07245,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D8A2

secondary

#6B80C4

accent

#46C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D8A2

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

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