#E9DD73#E9DD73

#E9DD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.128 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9DD73
RGB	rgb(233, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 50.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.13, -9.61, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.13, 53.83, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.0286 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.5570, 70.2764, 26.4858)
Luminance	0.7027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9DD73 #737FE9

analogous

#E9A273 #E9DD73 #BAE973

triadic

#E9DD73 #73E9DD #DD73E9

tetradic

#E9DD73 #73E9A2 #737FE9 #E973BA

square

#E9DD73 #73E9A2 #737FE9 #E973BA

split-complementary

#E9DD73 #73BAE9 #A273E9

monochromatic

#C3B21F #E1D03E #E9DD73 #F1EAA8 #FAF7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#E9DD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#E9DD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9DD73

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9DD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9DD73	1.00	1.39	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.39	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)

#EDD769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9dd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2e79e',
    500: '#e9dd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9dd73;
$custom-light: #f2e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9dd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88575,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9DD73

secondary

#3F4DC1

accent

#25D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9DD73

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

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