#E9DC6A#E9DC6A

#E9DC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.136 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC6A
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.78, -9.84, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.78, 57.57, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.26% -0.0302 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(88.26% 0.136 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.8010, 69.5528, 23.8025)
Luminance	0.6955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC6A #6A77E9

analogous

#E99D6A #E9DC6A #B7E96A

triadic

#E9DC6A #6AE9DC #DC6AE9

tetradic

#E9DC6A #6AE99D #6A77E9 #E96AB7

square

#E9DC6A #6AE99D #6A77E9 #E96AB7

split-complementary

#E9DC6A #6AB7E9 #9D6AE9

monochromatic

#BDAC1C #E1CF35 #E9DC6A #F1E99F #F9F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#E9DC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC6A

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC6A	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.136 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e698',
    500: '#e9dc6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc6a;
$custom-light: #f2e698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88262,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC6A

secondary

#3B48BC

accent

#24D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC6A

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

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