#E9DB6A#E9DB6A

#E9DB6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.135 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB6A
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -9.34, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 57.19, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0287 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.135 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.5393, 69.0295, 23.7153)
Luminance	0.6903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB6A #6A78E9

analogous

#E99C6A #E9DB6A #B8E96A

triadic

#E9DB6A #6AE9DB #DB6AE9

tetradic

#E9DB6A #6AE99C #6A78E9 #E96AB8

square

#E9DB6A #6AE99C #6A78E9 #E96AB8

split-complementary

#E9DB6A #6AB8E9 #9C6AE9

monochromatic

#BDAB1C #E1CE35 #E9DB6A #F1E89F #F9F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E9DB6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB6A

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB6A	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.135 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e598',
    500: '#e9db6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db6a;
$custom-light: #f2e598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88057,
    "c": 0.13491,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB6A

secondary

#3B4ABC

accent

#25D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB6A

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

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