#E9DB66#E9DB66

#E9DB66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB66
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -9.64, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 58.98, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.03 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.3361, 68.9482, 22.6452)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB66 #6674E9

analogous

#E99966 #E9DB66 #B5E966

triadic

#E9DB66 #66E9DB #DB66E9

tetradic

#E9DB66 #66E999 #6674E9 #E966B5

square

#E9DB66 #66E999 #6674E9 #E966B5

split-complementary

#E9DB66 #66B5E9 #9966E9

monochromatic

#BAA91B #E1CE30 #E9DB66 #F1E89C #F8F4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E9DB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB66

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB66	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e595',
    500: '#e9db66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db66;
$custom-light: #f3e595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88012,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB66

secondary

#3A48B9

accent

#24D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB66

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

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