#E9D96E#E9D96E

#E9D96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D96E
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.05, -8.01, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.05, 54.61, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0245 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2336, 68.0774, 24.6636)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D96E #6E7EE9

analogous

#E99B6E #E9D96E #BCE96E

triadic

#E9D96E #6EE9D9 #D96EE9

tetradic

#E9D96E #6EE99B #6E7EE9 #E96EBC

square

#E9D96E #6EE99B #6E7EE9 #E96EBC

split-complementary

#E9D96E #6EBCE9 #9B6EE9

monochromatic

#C0AA1D #E1CB39 #E9D96E #F1E7A3 #F9F5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#E9D96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D96E

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D96E	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e49a',
    500: '#e9d96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d96e;
$custom-light: #f2e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87694,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D96E

secondary

#3D4EBE

accent

#29D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D96E

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

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