#E9D970#E9D970

#E9D970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D970
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.07, -7.85, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.07, 53.69, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0238 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3437, 68.1214, 25.2435)
Luminance	0.6812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D970 #7080E9

analogous

#E99C70 #E9D970 #BDE970

triadic

#E9D970 #70E9D9 #D970E9

tetradic

#E9D970 #70E99C #7080E9 #E970BD

square

#E9D970 #70E99C #7080E9 #E970BD

split-complementary

#E9D970 #70BDE9 #9C70E9

monochromatic

#C1AB1E #E1CB3B #E9D970 #F1E7A5 #F9F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#E9D970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#E9D970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D970

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D970	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)

#EAD466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e49c',
    500: '#e9d970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d970;
$custom-light: #f2e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87719,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D970

secondary

#3E4FC0

accent

#2AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D970

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

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