#E9DC66#E9DC66

#E9DC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC66
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 56.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -10.14, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 59.36, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0315 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.5978, 69.4715, 22.7324)
Luminance	0.6947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC66 #6673E9

analogous

#E99A66 #E9DC66 #B4E966

triadic

#E9DC66 #66E9DC #DC66E9

tetradic

#E9DC66 #66E99A #6673E9 #E966B4

square

#E9DC66 #66E99A #6673E9 #E966B4

split-complementary

#E9DC66 #66B4E9 #9A66E9

monochromatic

#BAAA1B #E1D030 #E9DC66 #F1E89C #F8F4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#E9DC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC66

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC66	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e695',
    500: '#e9dc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc66;
$custom-light: #f3e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88217,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC66

secondary

#3A47B9

accent

#22D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC66

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

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