#E9D96A#E9D96A

#E9D96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.133 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D96A
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -8.33, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 56.44, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.65% -0.0258 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(87.65% 0.133 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0207, 67.9922, 23.5424)
Luminance	0.6799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D96A #6A7AE9

analogous

#E99A6A #E9D96A #BAE96A

triadic

#E9D96A #6AE9D9 #D96AE9

tetradic

#E9D96A #6AE99A #6A7AE9 #E96ABA

square

#E9D96A #6AE99A #6A7AE9 #E96ABA

split-complementary

#E9D96A #6ABAE9 #9A6AE9

monochromatic

#BDA81C #E1CB35 #E9D96A #F1E79F #F9F4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#E9D96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D96A

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D96A	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.133 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e498',
    500: '#e9d96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d96a;
$custom-light: #f2e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.441,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87647,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D96A

secondary

#3B4CBC

accent

#28D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D96A

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

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