#E9DD72#E9DD72

#E9DD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.129 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD72
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 51.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -9.69, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 54.29, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0289 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.129 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.4998, 70.2535, 26.1844)
Luminance	0.7025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD72 #727EE9

analogous

#E9A272 #E9DD72 #B9E972

triadic

#E9DD72 #72E9DD #DD72E9

tetradic

#E9DD72 #72E9A2 #727EE9 #E972B9

square

#E9DD72 #72E9A2 #727EE9 #E972B9

split-complementary

#E9DD72 #72B9E9 #A272E9

monochromatic

#C2B21E #E1D03D #E9DD72 #F1EAA7 #FAF7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E9DD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#E9DD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD72

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD72	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.129 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e79d',
    500: '#e9dd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd72;
$custom-light: #f2e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88562,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD72

secondary

#3E4CC1

accent

#24D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD72

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

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