#E9DB78#E9DB78

#E9DB78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.122 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB78
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -8.17, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 50.71, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0239 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.122 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3277, 69.3448, 27.8674)
Luminance	0.6934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB78 #7886E9

analogous

#E9A378 #E9DB78 #BFE978

triadic

#E9DB78 #78E9DB #DB78E9

tetradic

#E9DB78 #78E9A3 #7886E9 #E978BF

square

#E9DB78 #78E9A3 #7886E9 #E978BF

split-complementary

#E9DB78 #78BFE9 #A378E9

monochromatic

#C6B220 #E0CD43 #E9DB78 #F2E9AD #FAF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E9DB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB78

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB78	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.122 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a1',
    500: '#e9db78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db78;
$custom-light: #f2e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88231,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB78

secondary

#4453C1

accent

#2AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB78

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

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