#E9DC6D#E9DC6D

#E9DC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.133 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC6D
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.81, -9.60, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.81, 56.21, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0292 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.133 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.9597, 69.6163, 24.6385)
Luminance	0.6961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC6D #6D7AE9

analogous

#E99E6D #E9DC6D #B8E96D

triadic

#E9DC6D #6DE9DC #DC6DE9

tetradic

#E9DC6D #6DE99E #6D7AE9 #E96DB8

square

#E9DC6D #6DE99E #6D7AE9 #E96DB8

split-complementary

#E9DC6D #6DB8E9 #9E6DE9

monochromatic

#BFAE1D #E1CF38 #E9DC6D #F1E9A2 #F9F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.92

#E9DC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC6D

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC6D	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)

#EDD662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.133 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e69a',
    500: '#e9dc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc6d;
$custom-light: #f2e69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88297,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC6D

secondary

#3C4ABE

accent

#24D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC6D

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

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