#E9DB7B#E9DB7B

#E9DB7B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.119 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB7B
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 123)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 47.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.71, -7.90, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.71, 49.28, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.27% -0.0228 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(88.27% 0.119 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.5126, 69.4188, 28.8413)
Luminance	0.6942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB7B #7B89E9

analogous

#E9A47B #E9DB7B #C0E97B

triadic

#E9DB7B #7BE9DB #DB7BE9

tetradic

#E9DB7B #7BE9A4 #7B89E9 #E97BC0

square

#E9DB7B #7BE9A4 #7B89E9 #E97BC0

split-complementary

#E9DB7B #7BC0E9 #A47BE9

monochromatic

#C8B321 #E0CD47 #E9DB7B #F2E9AF #FAF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DB7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#E9DB7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB7B

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB7B	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)

#EBD673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.119 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e6a3',
    500: '#e9db7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db7b;
$custom-light: #f2e6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88271,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB7B

secondary

#4756C2

accent

#2BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB7B

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

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