#E9DB79#E9DB79

#E9DB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB79
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -8.08, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 50.23, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.0236 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3887, 69.3692, 28.1887)
Luminance	0.6937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB79 #7987E9

analogous

#E9A379 #E9DB79 #BFE979

triadic

#E9DB79 #79E9DB #DB79E9

tetradic

#E9DB79 #79E9A3 #7987E9 #E979BF

square

#E9DB79 #79E9A3 #7987E9 #E979BF

split-complementary

#E9DB79 #79BFE9 #A379E9

monochromatic

#C7B221 #E0CD44 #E9DB79 #F2E9AE #FAF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#E9DB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB79

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB79	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)

#EBD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a2',
    500: '#e9db79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db79;
$custom-light: #f2e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88244,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB79

secondary

#4554C1

accent

#2AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB79

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

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