#E9D968#E9D968

#E9D968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.135 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D968
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 55.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.98, -8.48, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.98, 57.35, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0265 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.135 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.9179, 67.9511, 23.0010)
Luminance	0.6795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D968 #6878E9

analogous

#E99868 #E9D968 #B8E968

triadic

#E9D968 #68E9D9 #D968E9

tetradic

#E9D968 #68E998 #6878E9 #E968B8

square

#E9D968 #68E998 #6878E9 #E968B8

split-complementary

#E9D968 #68B8E9 #9868E9

monochromatic

#BBA71B #E1CC33 #E9D968 #F1E69D #F9F4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#E9D968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D968

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D968	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)

#EAD35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.135 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e496',
    500: '#e9d968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d968;
$custom-light: #f3e496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 74.566,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87624,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D968

secondary

#3B4ABB

accent

#28D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D968

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

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