#E9D97D#E9D97D

#E9D97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9D97D
RGB	rgb(233, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 46.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -6.70, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 47.55, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0192 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.1205, 68.4321, 29.3345)
Luminance	0.6843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9D97D #7D8DE9

analogous

#E9A37D #E9D97D #C3E97D

triadic

#E9D97D #7DE9D9 #D97DE9

tetradic

#E9D97D #7DE9A3 #7D8DE9 #E97DC3

square

#E9D97D #7DE9A3 #7D8DE9 #E97DC3

split-complementary

#E9D97D #7DC3E9 #A37DE9

monochromatic

#CAB122 #E0CA49 #E9D97D #F2E8B1 #FBF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E9D97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#E9D97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9D97D

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9D97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9D97D	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9d97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e4a4',
    500: '#e9d97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9d97d;
$custom-light: #f2e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9d97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87892,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9D97D

secondary

#485AC2

accent

#2FD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9D97D

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

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