#E9DC6C#E9DC6C

#E9DC6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.134 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC6C
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 108)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 53.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.80, -9.68, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.80, 56.66, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0295 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.134 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.9062, 69.5949, 24.3567)
Luminance	0.6959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC6C #6C79E9

analogous

#E99E6C #E9DC6C #B8E96C

triadic

#E9DC6C #6CE9DC #DC6CE9

tetradic

#E9DC6C #6CE99E #6C79E9 #E96CB8

square

#E9DC6C #6CE99E #6C79E9 #E96CB8

split-complementary

#E9DC6C #6CB8E9 #9E6CE9

monochromatic

#BEAD1C #E1CF37 #E9DC6C #F1E9A1 #F9F5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E9DC6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC6C

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC6C	1.00	1.41	14.92	14.92
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.134 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e699',
    500: '#e9dc6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc6c;
$custom-light: #f2e699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 73.964,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88285,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC6C

secondary

#3C4ABD

accent

#24D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC6C

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

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