#E9DB6D#E9DB6D

#E9DB6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.132 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB6D
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -9.10, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 55.83, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0277 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.132 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.6981, 69.0930, 24.5513)
Luminance	0.6909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB6D #6D7BE9

analogous

#E99D6D #E9DB6D #B9E96D

triadic

#E9DB6D #6DE9DB #DB6DE9

tetradic

#E9DB6D #6DE99D #6D7BE9 #E96DB9

square

#E9DB6D #6DE99D #6D7BE9 #E96DB9

split-complementary

#E9DB6D #6DB9E9 #9D6DE9

monochromatic

#BFAD1D #E1CE38 #E9DB6D #F1E8A2 #F9F5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E9DB6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E9DB6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB6D

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB6D	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD563

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.132 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e59a',
    500: '#e9db6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db6d;
$custom-light: #f2e59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88092,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB6D

secondary

#3C4BBE

accent

#26D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB6D

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

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