#E9DC73#E9DC73

#E9DC73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC73
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -9.11, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 53.44, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.37% -0.0271 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(88.37% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2938, 69.7499, 26.3980)
Luminance	0.6975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC73 #7380E9

analogous

#E9A173 #E9DC73 #BBE973

triadic

#E9DC73 #73E9DC #DC73E9

tetradic

#E9DC73 #73E9A1 #7380E9 #E973BB

square

#E9DC73 #73E9A1 #7380E9 #E973BB

split-complementary

#E9DC73 #73BBE9 #A173E9

monochromatic

#C3B11F #E1CF3E #E9DC73 #F1E9A8 #FAF6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DC73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#E9DC73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC73

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC73	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e69e',
    500: '#e9dc73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc73;
$custom-light: #f2e69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8837,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC73

secondary

#3F4EC1

accent

#26D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC73

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

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