#E9DB7A#E9DB7A

#E9DB7A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.120 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB7A
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 122)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -7.99, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 49.76, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0232 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.12 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4503, 69.3939, 28.5133)
Luminance	0.6939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB7A #7A88E9

analogous

#E9A37A #E9DB7A #C0E97A

triadic

#E9DB7A #7AE9DB #DB7AE9

tetradic

#E9DB7A #7AE9A3 #7A88E9 #E97AC0

square

#E9DB7A #7AE9A3 #7A88E9 #E97AC0

split-complementary

#E9DB7A #7AC0E9 #A37AE9

monochromatic

#C8B321 #E0CD45 #E9DB7A #F2E9AF #FAF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DB7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E9DB7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB7A

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB7A	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.120 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a2',
    500: '#e9db7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db7a;
$custom-light: #f2e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88258,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB7A

secondary

#4655C1

accent

#2AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB7A

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

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