#E9DD6A#E9DD6A

#E9DD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.137 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD6A
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 54.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -10.34, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 57.95, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.47% -0.0316 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(88.47% 0.137 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0642, 70.0793, 23.8902)
Luminance	0.7008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD6A #6A76E9

analogous

#E99E6A #E9DD6A #B6E96A

triadic

#E9DD6A #6AE9DD #DD6AE9

tetradic

#E9DD6A #6AE99E #6A76E9 #E96AB6

square

#E9DD6A #6AE99E #6A76E9 #E96AB6

split-complementary

#E9DD6A #6AB6E9 #9E6AE9

monochromatic

#BDAE1C #E1D135 #E9DD6A #F1E99F #F9F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E9DD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD6A

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD6A	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED75F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.137 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e798',
    500: '#e9dd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd6a;
$custom-light: #f2e798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 74.269,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88467,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD6A

secondary

#3B47BC

accent

#22D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD6A

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

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