#E9D969#E9D969

#E9D969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.134 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D969
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.99, -8.41, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.99, 56.90, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.64% -0.0262 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(87.64% 0.134 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.9690, 67.9715, 23.2701)
Luminance	0.6797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D969 #6979E9

analogous

#E99969 #E9D969 #B9E969

triadic

#E9D969 #69E9D9 #D969E9

tetradic

#E9D969 #69E999 #6979E9 #E969B9

square

#E9D969 #69E999 #6979E9 #E969B9

split-complementary

#E9D969 #69B9E9 #9969E9

monochromatic

#BCA81C #E1CB34 #E9D969 #F1E79E #F9F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#E9D969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D969

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D969	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)

#EAD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.134 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e497',
    500: '#e9d969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d969;
$custom-light: #f3e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87635,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D969

secondary

#3B4BBB

accent

#28D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D969

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

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