#E9DC8A#E9DC8A

#E9DC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.104 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DC8A
RGB	rgb(233, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 68%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(52, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 40.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -6.93, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 42.41, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.7% -0.0187 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(88.7% 0.104 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.7862, 70.3469, 34.2581)
Luminance	0.7035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DC8A #8A97E9

analogous

#E9AC8A #E9DC8A #C7E98A

triadic

#E9DC8A #8AE9DC #DC8AE9

tetradic

#E9DC8A #8AE9AC #8A97E9 #E98AC7

square

#E9DC8A #8AE9AC #8A97E9 #E98AC7

split-complementary

#E9DC8A #8AC7E9 #AC8AE9

monochromatic

#D1BA27 #DFCD56 #E9DC8A #F3EBBE #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#E9DC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DC8A

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DC8A	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.104 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e6ad',
    500: '#e9dc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dc8a;
$custom-light: #f1e6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.789,
    "s": 68.345,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88697,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DC8A

secondary

#5464C3

accent

#2FD015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DC8A

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

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