#E9DC6E#E9DC6E

#E9DC6E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.696; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.132 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC6E
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 110)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 52.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.82, -9.52, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.82, 55.75, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.31% -0.0288 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(88.31% 0.132 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0139, 69.6380, 24.9237)
Luminance	0.6964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC6E #6E7BE9

analogous

#E99F6E #E9DC6E #B8E96E

triadic

#E9DC6E #6EE9DC #DC6EE9

tetradic

#E9DC6E #6EE99F #6E7BE9 #E96EB8

square

#E9DC6E #6EE99F #6E7BE9 #E96EB8

split-complementary

#E9DC6E #6EB8E9 #9F6EE9

monochromatic

#C0AE1D #E1CF39 #E9DC6E #F1E9A3 #F9F6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E9DC6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#E9DC6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC6E

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC6E	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD664

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.132 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e69a',
    500: '#e9dc6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc6e;
$custom-light: #f2e69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 73.653,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88308,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC6E

secondary

#3D4BBE

accent

#25D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC6E

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

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