#E9DB87#E9DB87

#E9DB87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.106 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB87
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(51, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -6.73, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 43.48, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0184 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.106 100)
XYZ	xyz(63.3104, 69.7379, 33.0428)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB87 #8795E9

analogous

#E9AA87 #E9DB87 #C6E987

triadic

#E9DB87 #87E9DB #DB87E9

tetradic

#E9DB87 #87E9AA #8795E9 #E987C6

square

#E9DB87 #87E9AA #8795E9 #E987C6

split-complementary

#E9DB87 #87C6E9 #AA87E9

monochromatic

#D0B726 #E0CB53 #E9DB87 #F2EBBB #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DB87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E9DB87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB87

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB87	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.106 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e6ab',
    500: '#e9db87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db87;
$custom-light: #f1e6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88447,
    "c": 0.10595,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.69736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB87

secondary

#5262C3

accent

#2FD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB87

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

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