#E9DD6D#E9DD6D

#E9DD6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.134 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD6D
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 53.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.07, -10.10, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.07, 56.59, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0306 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.134 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2230, 70.1428, 24.7263)
Luminance	0.7014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD6D #6D79E9

analogous

#E99F6D #E9DD6D #B7E96D

triadic

#E9DD6D #6DE9DD #DD6DE9

tetradic

#E9DD6D #6DE99F #6D79E9 #E96DB7

square

#E9DD6D #6DE99F #6D79E9 #E96DB7

split-complementary

#E9DD6D #6DB7E9 #9F6DE9

monochromatic

#BFAF1D #E1D138 #E9DD6D #F1E9A2 #F9F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.03

#E9DD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD6D

15.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD6D	1.00	1.40	15.03	15.03
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.134 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e79a',
    500: '#e9dd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd6d;
$custom-light: #f2e79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88502,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD6D

secondary

#3C49BE

accent

#23D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD6D

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

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