#E9DC89#E9DC89

#E9DC89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.105 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC89
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 137)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 41.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -7.03, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 42.90, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0191 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.105 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.7142, 70.3181, 33.8786)
Luminance	0.7032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC89 #8996E9

analogous

#E9AC89 #E9DC89 #C6E989

triadic

#E9DC89 #89E9DC #DC89E9

tetradic

#E9DC89 #89E9AC #8996E9 #E989C6

square

#E9DC89 #89E9AC #8996E9 #E989C6

split-complementary

#E9DC89 #89C6E9 #AC89E9

monochromatic

#D1BA27 #DFCD55 #E9DC89 #F3EBBD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#E9DC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC89

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC89	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.105 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e6ac',
    500: '#e9dc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc89;
$custom-light: #f1e6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88681,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC89

secondary

#5363C3

accent

#2ED115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC89

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

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