#E9DB76#E9DB76

#E9DB76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.124 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB76
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 118)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -8.35, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 51.65, 99.30°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0246 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.124 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.2076, 69.2968, 27.2348)
Luminance	0.6929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB76 #7684E9

analogous

#E9A276 #E9DB76 #BEE976

triadic

#E9DB76 #76E9DB #DB76E9

tetradic

#E9DB76 #76E9A2 #7684E9 #E976BE

square

#E9DB76 #76E9A2 #7684E9 #E976BE

split-complementary

#E9DB76 #76BEE9 #A276E9

monochromatic

#C5B120 #E1CD41 #E9DB76 #F1E9AB #FAF7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DB76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#E9DB76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB76

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB76	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.124 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a0',
    500: '#e9db76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db76;
$custom-light: #f2e6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88204,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB76

secondary

#4252C1

accent

#29D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB76

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

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