#E9DB8A#E9DB8A

#E9DB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.103 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DB8A
RGB	rgb(233, 219, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -6.42, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 42.01, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0172 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.103 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.5246, 69.8236, 34.1709)
Luminance	0.6982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DB8A #8A98E9

analogous

#E9AB8A #E9DB8A #C7E98A

triadic

#E9DB8A #8AE9DB #DB8AE9

tetradic

#E9DB8A #8AE9AB #8A98E9 #E98AC7

square

#E9DB8A #8AE9AB #8A98E9 #E98AC7

split-complementary

#E9DB8A #8AC7E9 #AB8AE9

monochromatic

#D1B827 #DFCB56 #E9DB8A #F3EBBE #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#E9DB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DB8A

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DB8A	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9db8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 219, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.103 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e6ad',
    500: '#e9db8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9db8a;
$custom-light: #f1e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9db8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88494,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DB8A

secondary

#5465C3

accent

#31D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DB8A

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

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