#E9DB6C#E9DB6C

#E9DB6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB6C
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 108)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -9.18, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 56.28, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0281 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.6445, 69.0716, 24.2694)
Luminance	0.6907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB6C #6C7AE9

analogous

#E99D6C #E9DB6C #B9E96C

triadic

#E9DB6C #6CE9DB #DB6CE9

tetradic

#E9DB6C #6CE99D #6C7AE9 #E96CB9

square

#E9DB6C #6CE99D #6C7AE9 #E96CB9

split-complementary

#E9DB6C #6CB9E9 #9D6CE9

monochromatic

#BEAC1C #E1CE37 #E9DB6C #F1E8A1 #F9F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#E9DB6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB6C

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB6C	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)

#ECD561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e599',
    500: '#e9db6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db6c;
$custom-light: #f2e599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8808,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB6C

secondary

#3C4BBD

accent

#26D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB6C

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

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