#E9D97A#E9D97A

#E9D97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D97A
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -6.98, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 48.98, 98.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.85% -0.0203 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(87.85% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.9317, 68.3566, 28.3404)
Luminance	0.6835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D97A #7A8AE9

analogous

#E9A17A #E9D97A #C2E97A

triadic

#E9D97A #7AE9D9 #D97AE9

tetradic

#E9D97A #7AE9A1 #7A8AE9 #E97AC2

square

#E9D97A #7AE9A1 #7A8AE9 #E97AC2

split-complementary

#E9D97A #7AC2E9 #A17AE9

monochromatic

#C8B021 #E0CA45 #E9D97A #F2E8AF #FAF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9D97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#E9D97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D97A

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D97A	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4a2',
    500: '#e9d97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d97a;
$custom-light: #f2e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8785,
    "c": 0.11766,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D97A

secondary

#4658C1

accent

#2ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D97A

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

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